火之门

　　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……

　　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。

　　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，

乔夫原为修道院的马僮，某日偶然发现一个秘密：原本已绝种的龙，竟然还有一只还存在，于是乔夫和这只名叫德瑞克的龙成为了好友；此时，来自中国的关师父和莉安，揭露了龙的秘密，原来在双尾彗星返回之际，一股古老邪恶的力量，将利用龙的心统御人类。德瑞克通过了关师父的考验，证明了他的本质毫无邪恶的成份，于是关师父开始训练德瑞克喷火和喷冰，预备对付邪恶的力量，但真正可怕的秘密，却在此时揭露……

　　当年以演侠盗著称的动作巨星埃罗尔·弗林饰演绰号“海鹰”的英国海盗船长，在17世纪英国与西班牙作战时下令击沉了法国大使乘坐的军舰，并自行放走在舰上当奴工的一群英国俘虏，因而惹祸上身，但也因为他的正义和勇敢而赢得大使千金的爱情。

善宇（李秉宪 饰）对黑帮老大姜老板忠心耿耿，做事认真妥当的他也深得姜老板的信任与厚爱。姜老板更将自己的餐厅交给了善宇打理。 姜老板出名无情冷酷，谁都不能破坏他定下的规矩。最近他感觉到自己的情人熙秀（申敏儿 饰）可能有了别的男人，姜老板便把心腹善宇安排在了熙秀的身边，当查明熙秀红杏出墙时，善宇便将熙秀处死。 果不其然，善宇发现熙秀真的另有情人，但善宇竟然放走了他们……

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.