007无暇赴死

　　Out of the fifties &♯39;B&♯39; Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It&♯39;s most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.
　　The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he&♯39;d have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the "story" is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).
　　Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can&♯39;t prove it, and 50&♯39;s space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, "unseen menace" may remind you of that highly "original" BLAIR WITCH).
　　As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile "don&♯39;t go down there, you jerk!" pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim&♯39;s case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.
　　The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, &♯39;IT!&♯39; also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn&♯39;s forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie&♯39;s suspense is blunt and right to the point: "IT!&♯39; has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill "IT!" or die. Nothing like those "no two ways about it" choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.
　　For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters&♯39; helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot&♯39;s scary ambience. The black & white photography (Yes, it&♯39;s one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic: If the creature hadn&♯39;t stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.
　　The intelligent script (see what I mean about "rareity") was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone&♯39;s "It&♯39;s a Good Life")? The picture&♯39;s taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche? UNNECESSARY!!!)
　　Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio&♯39;s commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven&♯39;t claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.
　　This film&♯39;s story is not really totally original (what is?), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt&♯39;s "VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE." All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.
　　As long as you&♯39;re not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don&♯39;t expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.

　　Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.

　　4位在曼谷中国餐厅打工的外府人，某日无意将曼谷黑帮大佬光老大的一个藏有重要秘密的芯片弄丢。光老大和与其敌对的黑帮势力都认为是这4人私藏了芯片，均派人展开了追杀，欲夺回丢失的芯片。莫名其妙间蒙受不白之冤的4人开始了逃亡的生涯。谁知在逃亡过程中，4人开始互相猜忌，认为有人真的私藏了芯片，但事实的真相远在他们料想之外。芯片中的天大秘密究竟是什么？

　　走在大街上熙熙攘攘的人群中，艾伦（科尔·豪瑟 Cole Hauser 饰）无法掩饰自己的失意与沮丧，除了为老板勤勤恳恳的工作了9年却还是一个一文不值的小小员工外，妻子不忠的事实也深深的刺痛了艾伦的心。为了纾解郁闷的心情，艾伦来到了一间小酒吧，没想到这一举动却将他卷入了一件奇怪而又危险的事情中去。
　　在酒吧里，艾伦遇见了一个名叫乔纳森（小库珀·古丁 Cuba Gooding Jr. 饰）的奇怪男人，乔纳森自称是一名杀手，但艾伦不以为然。乔纳森告诉艾伦，他可以免费为他杀掉五个人，并请艾伦列出一份暗杀名单。以为这是一个恶作剧的艾伦给出了名单，没想到一夜过去，名单上的人居然真的接连死去。为了保护名单上剩下的人，艾伦开始了和杀手的斗智斗勇。

　　本片用风格化的手法展现了匈牙利三代人的怪诞故事。丑陋的士兵马洛戈瓦尼（Csaba Czene 饰）每日在长官的责骂中进行机械精确的繁琐工作，他那被压抑的生命只能通过炙烤自己身体和偷窥时自渎来缓解，某夜他将猪的尸体看做肥硕的女人，一夜癫狂之后被长官枪杀；大胃王比赛的选手巴拉托尼（Gergely Trócsányi 饰）承担在社会主义国家比赛中为国争光的重任，他呕出的比赛用食品却是国民平日所无福消受的美食；巴拉托尼与一名女子竞吃选手体格消瘦异常的儿子靠制作动物标本为生，儿子不堪照顾肥硕臃肿的父亲，致使巴拉托尼身亡，儿子回到家里，将父亲和自己做成了标本……
　　本片获2006年特兰西瓦尼亚国际电影节最佳导演奖等多项褒奖。

　　为谋求公平并从吃力不讨好的工作中获利，一名工厂工人密谋在雇主眼皮子底下走私奢侈香水。

　　Before tying the knot, Ollie and Zoe want to try something new.

　　纽约动物园里的狮王萨姆森是园内唯一一头出生在动物园外的动物，他经常对其他动物夸夸其谈他的野外经历，而事实上，他不过出生在马戏团，更别说什么野外经历。父亲丰富多彩的经历深深刺激了小狮子瑞恩，他渴望能到野外体验一番。意外发生了，阴差阳错之下瑞恩被送上了开往非洲放生野生动物的货轮。
　　丢失了儿子的萨姆森焦急万分，于是，他率领着动物园里的一班动物一起来到了非洲丛林寻找儿子。这帮以前在动物园里养尊处优的动物们在弱肉强食的非洲丛林该怎样面对激烈的野外竞争呢？

　　金判秀被戏院开除后，为了儿子的学费而不得不去行窃，不料却失风被抓，被盗的主人正巧是朝鲜语学会的代表柳正焕。判秀阴错阳差地获得在朝鲜语学会工作的机会，处在母语被禁止的时代，两人于所剩不多的时间中，必须在日本帝国高层的监视下完成属于朝鲜的字典……

　　黛西（Lisa Rieffel 饰）和泰勒（米歇尔·隆巴多 Michelle Lombardo 饰）组建了一支摇滚乐队，并获得了参加一场非常重要的比赛的机会。可是，正当她们决定驱车前往赛场之际，车却坏了。为了不错过这千载难逢的机会，两人找到了黛西的妹妹科尔比（嘉布里尔 克里斯蒂安 Gabrielle Christian 饰），作为交换条件，黛西和泰勒决定帮助科尔比追求她一直深深喜欢着的女演员米斯蒂（Mandy Musgrave 饰），然而糟糕的是，米斯蒂其实早就已经对泰勒芳心暗许了。
　　黛西虽然和女友赞（克莱蒙婷·福特 Clementine Ford 饰）分了手，但依然放不下她，她决定重新再追她一次，然而令黛西没有想到的是，赞正是她此次比赛中的对手。

　　广濑由美（后藤久美子 饰）被确诊患上了白血病，只剩下半年的生命了。母亲友子（三田佳子 饰）为了能够让由美在幸福中走完一生，于是拜托由美非常仰慕的大学男子上条明（仲村亨 饰），希望他能够以恋人的身份陪伴在由美的身边。
　　夏天来临之际，病情一直很平稳的由美，晕倒在了学校里，此时的上条恰恰好不在她的身旁。之后，由美休了学，决定前往轻井泽疗养。本来只是为了完成任务的上条，在和由美的相处之中渐渐的真心爱上了这个单纯烂漫的可怜女孩，但这段感情注定是绝望的，要以死亡来做句读。