那是一个遥远而又让人永世难忘的时代，一位圣者将他的名字、他的精神永远镌刻在历史的丰碑之上。备受世人爱戴的上帝之子耶稣（詹姆斯·帕特里克·卡维泽 James Patrick Caviezel 饰）为生活在穷苦和磨难中的人们带去了希望和喜悦，与此同时他的存在也触犯了教廷和统 治者的利益。他拒绝着魔鬼的引诱，而门徒犹大（卢卡·莱奥内罗 Luca Lionello 饰）则抵抗不出金钱的魅力，他为此出卖了耶稣，其丑态永久留在了“最后的晚餐”之上。在此之后，耶稣被捕，当局者为他戴上荆棘做的王冠，命他背上沉重的十字架，更用带着铁刺的鞭子抽打圣人的肌肤。耶稣痛苦呻吟着，决绝地忍受当下的一切。“仁慈之父，他们什么都不知道。”作为圣人，作为救世主，这是一条必须淌血走过的试炼之路……

大導演張徹將金庸名著改編搬上銀幕，動用龐大演員陣容，包括由郭追分飾推動故事發展的骨幹人物石中玉、石中堅兄弟、文雪兒飾女主角叮噹、唐菁飾玄素莊莊主石清、劉慧玲飾閔柔、王力飾「摩天居士」謝煙客等等。故事講述石中堅自幼隨養母梅芳姑於深山居住，一日偶拾「玄鐵令」，並得謝煙客傳授武功，卻被長樂幫幫眾誤認為幫主石中玉；及後更被叮噹所騙，願意替石中玉到雪山派代罪領死。最後真相大白，石中堅竟為石清失散多年的兒子……本片結構緊湊，情節曲折奇詭，既描寫武林恩怨，也刻劃江湖兒女情，顯示了金庸作品的超凡造詣以及張徹導演手法的老到功力，是一部不可多得的佳作。

在老街生活多年的华叔（任达华 饰），倍受街坊尊敬，一直以卖古董为生。“有困难，找华叔”几乎成了街坊邻居们的生活信条。因为地产生意，老街遭当地青龙帮强拆，华叔古董店墙内意外发现6具尸体、7本护照以及枪支，引发众人惊骇，而这一切被老街的流浪汉曹老头看在眼里……与此同时，华叔遭到以阿杰（安志杰 饰）为首的神秘组织追杀，华叔究竟是谁？一切变得的扑朔迷离。

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.