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Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

故事发生在1940年代的香港，妙龄少女方兰（周迅 饰）和母亲（叶德娴 饰）一起过着相依为命的生活，两人将家中的二楼租住给了作家茅盾（郭涛 饰）和其太太孔德沚（蒋雯丽 饰）。方兰十分热爱茅盾的文字，在其中感受到了火热的革命热情和澎湃的民族气节，然而对于身边动荡的时局和紧张的政治氛围，方兰却知之甚少。 刘锦进（彭于晏 饰）是拥有着矫健身手的进步青年，受组织委托，他负责护送滞留在香港的一批重要文人返回大陆，茅盾一家人便在名单之列。在误打误撞之中，方兰被卷入了这一危险的行动之中，并在刘锦进的建议和鼓励之下，加入了革命队伍之中去，母女两人因此被卷入了历史的滚滚洪流之中。

“竖锯”（托宾·贝尔 Tobin Bell 饰）和新学徒阿曼达一起失踪，警方四处搜索，满城阴云密布。一天夜里，刚值完晚班的女医生莲恩·戴伦（巴哈·索莫克 Bahar Soomekh 饰）惨遭绑架，醒来时惊恐万分的莲恩，发现自己被捆绑在一间废弃的空屋里，同屋的还有另一名倒霉受害者杰夫（安古斯·麦克菲登 Angus Macfadyen 饰）。此时“竖锯 ”已卧床不起、奄奄一息，莲恩被告知除非她能在死亡游戏完成前保住这个疯子的性命，否则她和杰夫必死无疑！为了活下去，神经高度紧张、备受煎熬的莲恩想尽办法让“竖锯”保住最后的呼吸。然而她却怎么也想不到，杀人狂暗地里有着更可怕的杀人计划--那将会是恶名彰著的“竖锯”绞尽心血的死前华彩！最后的终极死亡游戏即将开始……

故事一开始，我们见到了12岁的扎凡（扎芙林·宰丽扎尔 Zafreen Zairizal 饰），一个叛逆而无忧无虑的女孩。然而，她的身体开始发生可怕的变化，而她却试图否认和掩饰这些变化，希望在学校里保持正常的生活。随着朋友们对扎凡的排挤和攻击，情节逐渐升级，达到了一个临界点，整个学校陷入恐慌。学校里关于厕所里藏着一个暗影的传说加剧了恐惧氛围，而一位自告奋勇的医疗官决定赶走困扰众人的恶魔。医疗官很快发现扎凡可能是问题的根源，打算为她进行驱魔。扎凡的内心状态宛如一只被拖出栖息地的受惊老虎，她最终决定向众人展示真实的本性，包括愤怒、狂暴和美丽。这可能是一个关于接受自己真实面貌的故事，同时也涉及到对于社会标准和期望的反抗。