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　　幕府末期，群雄并起，日本上下动荡不安。在英豪辈出的时代，坂本龙马以其卓越的气魄和超前的思想在历史中占有一席之地。影片则主要描述坂本龙马被暗杀前最后两日的生活。
　　庆应三年十一月十三日，京都下着冰雹，坂本龙马（原田芳雄 饰）栖身于海援队经常落脚之地近江屋。“大政奉还”后局势愈加不稳，此时的坂本已被佐幕派和勤王派双方视为危险人物。无所事事的坂本与妓女厮混，更因手枪不慎走火引来刺客。昔日好友中冈慎太郎（石桥莲司 饰）和萍水相逢的右太（松田优作 饰）放下屠刀，与坂本结为挚友。慎太郎因此入狱，坂本与右太将其救出。后右太被杀，坂本与慎太郎密商逃亡之事的午夜，死神的罗网却已悄悄张开……

　　功夫小子随师父回日本老家，使得武术进入更深的境界；解决了老师父一段几十年的恩怨；在暴风雨中抢救小孩；发展了一段异国恋情。「小子难缠」原班人马再度合作，比前集更富戏剧性、更感人。全剧的铺叙与发展随著台风的酝酿、来袭，处理得惊心动魄，高潮迭起将武术真义与大无畏精神表现得淋漓尽至！

Director Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, Objectified) completes his design film trilogy with Urbanized. Exploring the design of cities with the world’s foremost architects, policymakers and engaged citizens, Urbanized frames a global discussion about how the design of our cities affects our lives.

　　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.

　　民国初年的上海滩，灯红酒绿掩饰不住浮华下的罪恶与贫苦。此刻中国大地饥荒横行，哀鸿遍野，大批难民涌入上海滩。面对国难，官员不思为国分忧，反而勾结奸商从中获利，大发国难之财。
　　已经退居二线的老法官关咏白面对此情此景，痛心不已。他联合自己的几个学生组织了第二法庭，对罪大恶极且逃脱法律制裁又证据确凿的贪官们执行死刑，而死刑的执行者就是自己的多年挚友，武功精进的“判官”徐青柏。接二连三的刺杀事件震慑了贪官，也惊动了南京政府。南京政府派下中统调查科得力干将秦域在上海展开了对徐青柏的强大搜捕。徐青柏只好暂时隐藏起来，而与此同时，秦域又采用强硬手段，开始打压所有心向关咏白心向民盟的进步人士。一场较量由此展开。