血狼犬

　　13世纪大英帝国在狮心王理查一世丹尼·赫斯顿 Danny Huston 饰的率领下与来犯的法国军队展开鏖战孔武有力骁勇善战的罗宾·朗斯特莱德罗素·克劳 Russell Crowe 饰是这群英国战士中的一员作为射手的他曾随理查参加过十字军东征在对法的战争中也表现勇猛但是狮心王遭遇阴谋刺杀罗宾接受与国王一同遇刺的罗伯特•洛克斯利的遗愿摇身变成罗伯特回到英国在王宫骗吃骗喝过后罗宾如约来到罗伯特的故乡诺丁汉他不仅得到罗伯特父亲的准许继续假扮其儿子还意外得知了自己的身世之谜与此同时法国野心勃勃觊觎着英国的领土而英国国内又乱相丛生危机四伏
　　在暗潮涌动的大时代下罗宾似乎明了了自己的生存使命不久后他拿起长弓投入深林开启了经久不衰的罗宾汉的传说……

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;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 eg, 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 quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, 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 quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument
　　Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;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 quot;unbelievable truthquot; 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