宋慈之临安夜游神

铁桥三武馆开业当天，鬼车前来捣乱，并抓走徒弟加以迫害，铁桥三自己也差点丢了性命，在邓姗姗的帮助下，逐渐恢复，并联合徐大人设计将鬼车和洋人的阴谋破获。

贝多芬（岑建勋 饰）和阿秋（吴耀汉 饰）是一对好朋友，也是搞笑鬼马的便衣搭档。他们常将警局闹得不可开交，连上司陈办（陈欣建 饰）也头疼不已。不过，自从阿秋和安娜（叶德娴 饰）结婚之后，贝多芬就变得孤苦...

　　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。

　　冷血杀手专杀嫖客，将受害者的下体割去。负责调查的古Sir毫无头绪，马夫金大班亦追查此事。警署食堂员工亚毛是虔诚教徒，遇上一伴唱女郎，惊为天人，露出可怖身份。