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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……

清朝末年，一代宗师太极拳高手杨崇武（于海 饰）一家隐居杭州西子湖畔。杨崇武与妻子慧娘（胡慧中 饰）晚年喜得贵子杨学文（吴京 饰）。学文自幼天资聪慧，生性好武，而杨父怕他惹事闯祸，每日督促儿子苦读诗书，不准他外出。学文暗中偷学父亲的太极拳，并自创了一套辫子神功，平日勤加苦练，习得一身好武功。
　　适逢钱塘江边举行祈雨祭祀，学文和表弟偷偷前去参加龙王祭。在祭典上，学文遇见了留洋归来的千金小姐曹央云（钟丽缇 饰），学文一见钟情。为了追求央云，学文参加了革命党。他的辫子神功在禁鸦片运动中大显神威，学文与央云感情日益加深。然而向中国走私鸦片的帝国主义分子却并不善罢甘休，暗中设下阴谋诡计，一场殊死搏斗旋即展开。

　　黑帮继承人之间为了争夺下一任社团领袖之位在地底展开厮杀，却引出某种未知的生物,这是作家夫妻二人笔下的故事，也是他们现实生活的映照，小说中的角色要在虚构的世界对抗未知的怪物,而作家夫妻二人能否在真实世界对抗已知的痛苦?一切,都交给爱去解答。

片讲述咗刑满释放后嘅蒋小石唔思悔改，假借开“梦幻山庄”作掩护，骗取咗香港女老板2000万蚊嘅投资，喺山庄内藏嘅一个天然地下溶洞开设咗非法个地下娱乐场。以D高薪招聘、暴力到威胁等不法“乸渣”架手段致使啲靓女仔误入陷阱。为去到控……

　　四个狂爱卡丁车的孩子收到了神秘的邀请，要到古老的城堡中参赛，但条件是每个人之间不仅要相互信任，更要抛弃原有的骄傲、自我甚至争强好胜，

　　影片由一个少年学艺、为父报仇的故事展开，发展为一个抗击恶势力、维护家人利益的励志故事，主角叶少侠在尚武镇历尽艰辛吃尽苦头，最终成为一代大师。剧中人物以喜剧表演风格将影片维持在一个轻松氛围中，所塑造的叶少侠行为上除了体现中国儒家传统的忠孝仁义等优秀品质外，还带有西方泊来的平等博爱等观念的影响。而叶少侠初期自身缺点——争强好胜的少年心性，也让他在励志学武过程中更加的赋予人物色彩。过程中武艺精进，实则是少年心性的塑造，开始的一心复仇，到了影片的后半部分更多的是迫不得已才出手，保卫“家人”而出手，复仇的情节早已在人物成长中有所释怀。影片对反派的恶丝毫不留情面，反派所代表的外邦势力，更能让人感受到故事发生时期人民所受的屈辱。这将是给主角展示能力的合理依据，不仅是反省，更是自强则国强的隐喻。

　　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.

秦朝末年。秦二世胡亥昏庸无道，整日花天酒地，不理朝政，导致秦王朝天下大乱。这一天，丞相赵高请胡亥到灵仙宫，接受宫女奉献的玉酒仙丹，以求长命百岁。太尉匡洪闻讯闯进宫，直言相劝胡亥，不要再贪图享乐之事，快想办法解决丹水的危机。赵高对匡洪的行为恨之入骨，但因匡洪是朝廷的功勋重臣，佩戴着秦始皇赠予的宇宙锋宝剑，有代王除奸的权力，又奈何不了他。胡亥见将相之间矛盾重重，急忙从中调解，他采纳了御史康建业的建议，下旨令匡洪的儿子匡扶和赵高的女儿赵艳蓉结亲，以此化解矛盾。赵艳蓉美貌、纯洁、娴淑，倾慕芙蓉出污泥而不染。她在赵府的一次火灾中，偶然发现了父亲密藏的秦始皇让太子扶苏继承皇位的诏书，从而认定父亲与胡亥狼狈为奸，伪造诏书，害死了扶苏，篡夺了皇位。她看清了父亲的丑恶面目，决心与父亲决裂。刘邦大军攻克宛城，丹水告危。守将朱赞连夜赶至咸阳丞相府求帮助。赵高闻讯后，设借刀杀人之计，令匡洪一人去丹水督战。匡洪识破了赵高的诡计，决定除掉赵高后再出征。匡洪手持宇宙锋宝剑，进宫去找赵高，反被赵高诬陷谋刺圣驾，胡亥大怒，将匡洪处死，派御林军去抄匡府满门。匡扶死里逃生，赵艳蓉被送回丞相府。夜晚，胡亥来到赵高家，一眼看中了美貌的赵艳蓉。赵高不知廉耻，献女求荣，许诺明日即送女儿进宫为妃。赵艳蓉对父亲的做法气愤之极，她接受侍女哑奴的建议，撕破自己的衣服，抓破面容，装出疯颠的样子，弄得赵高叫苦不迭。次日，赵高进宫秦朝皇上，女儿已疯，无法进宫。胡亥不信，下旨宣赵艳蓉进宫，亲自判真伪。赵艳蓉来到胡亥面前，一不参拜，二不下跪，借疯颠痛骂昏君。刘邦大军攻克丹水，直逼咸阳。赵高见秦王朝大势已去，派兵进宫杀了胡亥，将其头献于刘邦邀动。深夜，赵艳蓉来到匡家祠堂，赵高随后追至。艳蓉拿出秦始皇的遗诏，历数父亲犯下的大逆不道、残害忠良等滔天大罪。赵高恼羞成怒，持剑杀死了自己的女儿。这时，已是刘邦战将的匡扶闯入祠堂，看见妻子惨遭杀害，挥剑砍死了赵高。