极盗者

　　《红色警戒》是一部有关缉毒题材的悬念动作影片，故事取材于永泰一个农村家庭发生的真实故事，并在福州大量取景。主角王力因童年阴影，从警校退学后当外卖员，因兄弟孙昭和女友白美丽而卷入毒奶茶事件，发现竟与19年前父母的死有关，最终他战胜自己的恐惧心理，成为继承父亲遗志的一名缉毒警察。

　　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.

　　阿三（杜少津 饰）以其卓越的武艺和义气赢得了人们的赞誉，尤其是在击败白莲邪神占承天后，他的名声更是响彻朝野，被称为“铁桥三”。然而，这一时期朝廷颁布禁烟令，引发了一系列动荡。林则徐奉命南下负责禁烟，却遭到了穆亲王与东印度公司的勾结，派遣杀手刺杀林则徐。阿三偶然撞破此阴谋，并成功救出了林则徐。穆亲王的女儿穆格格（袁洁莹 饰）自小学习武艺，追随满清第一高手赫哈，却长期未能一展身手。她听闻阿三的武功盖世，多次挑战他，并与阿三多次交手后对他产生了情感。然而，阿三已经与小蝶相爱，并计划步入婚姻的殿堂。
　　在关死后，留下了海关提督的职位空缺。穆亲王希望通过推荐赫哈来控制鸦片的入口，以此牟取私利。然而，光绪皇帝并非愚昧之人，决定由新科武壮元出任，并定下了选考日期。林则徐为了公义和私情力劝阿三参加武状元考试，然而阿三的武功已不及赫哈，并且被血手印所伤。阿三能否在这场考试中夺得武状元的头衔，成为关乎他个人和朝廷命运的重大考验。