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　　消防员戈登阿诺•施瓦辛格 Arnold Schwarzenegger 饰有一个美好幸福的小家庭然而却遭遇飞来横祸哥伦比亚的恐怖分子为了自己的目的在洛山矶市的繁华路段炸毁了一栋大楼迟到的戈登亲眼目睹了爆炸引起的大火将在大楼前等侯自己的妻儿活活烧死然而美国官方只给了戈登四个字解释――间接伤害虽然戈登四处奔走呼吁将凶徒乘之于法然而哥伦比亚官方称这是叛军所为而这伙叛军已和政府军进行了长达10年的内战政府也没有办法将匪徒缉拿归案官方软弱的行为彻底激怒了戈登戈登决心亲自前往哥伦比亚找出这伙恐怖分子让他们血债血偿

　　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

　　影片情节设置在一个叫作天堂谷的虚构国度一个男人叫做亚当卓别林的故事亚当在他的妻子死后发现她的死因非常可疑于是他开始调查妻子的死之后他发现妻子的死和当地的黑帮老大丹尼理查兹有关但是警察对黑帮老大无可奈何因为他拥有颠倒是非黑白的能力被仇恨占据了的亚当召唤了一个拥有超人的黑暗力量的恶魔恶魔跟随亚当出行并承诺将带亚当找到凶手但是前提条件是亚当必须按照他说法去行事这一边丹尼理查兹也让他两个残暴的儿子本和德里克以及他的雇佣杀手们去对付亚当血腥的战斗一触即发