城市的一隅一家银行外的提款机前一中年胖男人正熟练地操作着自动提款机在他不远处的路边停着一辆破旧的红色夏利车内坐着两个游走在城市边缘总想靠歪门邪道捞取不义之财的无业人员熊棋和潘安他们专注地盯着提款机前的中年男人伺机下手城市的另一处在一幢高级写字楼里一家大公司的总经理室中年经理坐在大班桌前在他对面坐着衣冠楚楚的某新成立的广告公司的经理段誉展正在口若悬河宣传自己公司的业务希望能与该公司合作却被对方无情拒绝段誉精明强干讲义气幽默乐观却爱耍些小聪明但事业上却不如意大学毕业后几年下来做了许多生意均不顺利后来好不容易拿到一家
1942年第二次世界大战已进入白热化阶段南太平洋上日美双方展开激烈角逐人性的底线在炮火声中被彻底摧毁隶属美军的查理步兵连接到一项艰巨的任务他们受命登陆瓜达康纳尔岛Guadalcanal夺回日军占领的210阵地日军占尽地利优势防守固若金汤然军令 如山即使刀山火海查理步兵连的将士们也要奋勇向前这群年轻的小伙子为了所谓的正义投入这个残酷的血肉战场…… 本片根据美国作家詹姆斯·琼斯James Jones1962年的同名小说改编并荣获1999年柏林国际电影节金熊奖和荣誉提及；1999年芝加哥影评人协会最佳摄影奖；2000年澳大利亚影评人协会最佳外语片奖；2000年电影旬报最佳外语片导演奖
A young girl stays with her estranged grandparents in the city while she waits for the results of her audition for an international performance group Her grandparents welcome her, delighted about the chance to get to know their granddaughter better While staying at the house, the girl gets to know her uncle, who suffers from a mysterious longterm lung illness and is mainly confined to bed She also observes her grandmother#39s weird religious rituals, some involving a swimming pool in the basement When the girl#39s father finds out that she is staying with his parents, he persuades his sister to visit the house to get her out, ending with a terrible tragedy
