In the dark landscape of the Mississippi Delta, a bare knuckle cage fighter seeks to repay his debts in a final, desperate attempt to salvage the family home of his dying foster mother.
Ilya Goryunov has spent seven years in prison on false charges of drug trafficking. When Ilya is free he realizes that the old life that he yearned for is no more. Although he did not m.77mi.cc intend to take revenge on the man who sent him to prison, now there is no other way out.
本片是山中貞雄的遺作,也是他的“時代劇的庶民電影”的代表作之一。他在片中吸取了美國電影和法國電影的影響,並受到摯友兼老師小津安二郎的“小庶民電影 ”美學影響,將歷史上江戶時代的小人物形像注入現代庶民的語言、性格、行止、靈魂,成就了一部難得的社會現實主義的佳作。故事發生於十八世紀德川幕府時代,以悲涼調子訴說德川幕府時期低下層的生活,開頭與結尾都是自殺場景,映照出舊時日本社會草根階層的悲哀。另外,山中的剪輯流暢自如,視覺風格鋒如日本繪畫,演員表演也很自然。此片公認為山中最好的作品,也是他僅存的三部電影之一。
Humanity and Paper Balloons,unlike most other Japanese films of this period,is a historical film with a critical edge.Refusing to glorify samurai,the film insteaddeflates the myth around them with a gentle humanity. The film opens directly after a penurious ronin samurai has taken his own life.At his funeral his neighbors from his slum mourn his death. Here the film introduces another ronin samurai who lives in equal poverty. Having pawned his sword for food,the samurai searches for work but to no avail. The family's only income comes from the little balloon children's toys made by the wife.Out of desperation,the samurai abets in an attempted kidnapping. After finding out,the wife kills him in his sleep and then takes her own life, closing the film's narrative circle.
Brian Whitener, All Movie Guide.
传奇狙击手托马斯·贝克特之子、美国海军陆战队布兰登·贝克特中士受命与战友们从阿富汗前往非洲刚果,对那里的政府军进行培训以使其能够反击叛军。上峰为了撤出滞留刚果边境的白人植物园主,派遣贝克特等人深入叛军盘踞的边境,贝克特一行在见到植物园主后遭遇叛军狙击手袭击,战友全部阵亡,贝克特被猎人马丁救出,侥幸逃生。贝克特携植物园主女儿凯莉返回营地,岂料半路昏厥……当他醒来时,父亲的好友米勒(比利·赞恩 Billy Zane 饰)要对他进行狙击训练,使他拥有复仇的能力,然而陆战队出身的贝克特不齿狙击手的“猥琐”,拒绝训练,但这是他唯一的复仇机会,况且他身上流淌着狙击手的血液……