卧龙战警
Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop?   Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller.   The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narration/voice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters.   Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppie/violence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with "black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge.   However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.
图书馆员:所罗门王的宝藏
这一次,Flynn Carsen的任务是探寻传说中所罗门王宝藏的所在,并揭开自己的家族之谜。他的红颜知己不再是可爱的Nicole Noone(Sonya Walger扮演),而是一个名叫Emily Davenport(Gabrielle Anwar扮演)的学者型女人,她的知识甚至超出了Flynn的想像!   自去年成为"图书馆员"并成功完成第一个任务之后,为了阻止邪恶侵袭世界,Flynn Carsen又经历了许多同样惊险刺激的生死任务,其中之一就是到犹他州去寻找神秘的水晶头骨。更重要的是,他离开了母亲的家,拥有了属于自己的公寓。但是他仍然处于"顶头上司"Judson的监管之下,Judson告诉他:"为了明天更美好,你必须要学会放弃一些东西。   与此同时,在Flynn的生日宴会上,父亲的朋友Jerry"叔叔"向Flynn说起了父亲当年追求母亲的浪漫史,Flynn也记起了小时候那些蠢得没边的"睡前故事",还有父亲的那枚护身符。母亲曾说这东西是从二手商店买来的。当Flynn回到家里,发现有人将他的屋子翻了个底朝天。他们不仅袭击了Flynn,还将Flynn当天通过邮件收到的卷轴抢走,那上面有一个神秘的符号。   据说这个卷轴上的地图记录了所罗门王宝藏所在地的部分线索,Flynn当然不能让这群小贼找到其余的线索,更不能让他们将宝藏据为己有。Judson还告诉他,宝藏中有一本所罗门之书,翻开书的人能够控制时间和空间,所以这个秘密绝不能让人知晓。   Flynn启程前往摩洛哥,去一些罗马时代的遗迹中寻找线索。在路上,他偶遇 Emily Davenport (Anwar),一个比Flynn还多三个学位的女考古学家,她说起古代历史、圣经文字以及地理这些东西来简直口若悬河。在他们寻找地图的过程中,Flynn还发现父亲那枚本该是"便宜货"的护身符里竟然暗藏玄机!坏人不停对他们发难,但Emily仍坚决要跟随Flynn去肯尼亚寻找其余地图碎片。  最终,Jerry"叔叔"又出现了……
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