美国新墨西哥州的炎热荒地里，春暖经常发生神秘失踪事件，春暖又因其与世隔绝，里面的凄惨故事很难为外界所知。在卡特家族误入变异食人魔领地惨遭杀戮之后一年，一行八人的国防护卫队士兵又被排到这片戈壁滩执行训练任务。在其余六人被派到山里时，剩下被罚站的法国裔士兵拿破仑（麦克·麦克米兰 Michael McMillian 饰）与金发女兵安博尔（杰西卡·斯托普 Jessica Stroup 饰）在基地留守。异状很快发生，厕所里面伸出一只可怕的手，一位全身被粪便入侵的科学家爬了出来，留下一句“小心他们”就死去了，安博尔坚持上山寻找其他人发出警告，怎料变异食人魔们早就在错综复杂的山道布下天罗地网，等待倒霉的猎物们前来送死……
李明育
回复 :The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years.At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with.But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood.I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential.by D.R. SHIMON@lounge.moviecodec.com
王俊雄
回复 :罗斯是一个可爱的小镇驾驶教练，她有超能力，也就是“天赋”，这意味着她可以和精神世界对话。在看到他们对她父亲文森特所做的事情后，罗斯对自己的能力又爱又恨，并试图忽视当地人不断的琐碎的精神需求——闹鬼的垃圾箱、拖拉机、儿童自行车、煎锅等等。然而，当她的帮助是请求莎拉，一个十几岁的父亲，马丁，是困扰他已故的唠叨妻子，她是非常诱惑…马丁似乎是个很好的人!与此同时，在城外的一座大城堡里，克里斯琴·温特，一个落魄的摇滚明星，有一个邪恶的计划，要出卖自己的灵魂来获得新的...
冯玮君
回复 :千鹤（加藤罗莎 饰）是一名再普通不过的都市女白领，每天过着枯燥而又重复的生活。当她的事业和爱情最终都以失败告终后，千鹤终于厌倦了自己一事无成的人生，她来到了一座位于深山之中的民宿里，决定将这里当成是生命中的最后一站。田村（德井义实 饰）是民宿的主人，一直在这里过着离群索居的生活，虽然有诸多的不便利，但倒也能自给自足。入住当晚，千鹤服下了大量的安眠药，陷入了昏睡之中。哪知道第二天早上，非常美妙的食物香气竟然唤醒了她，千鹤的自杀计划失败了。就这样，千鹤在民宿里暂住了下来，这里美丽的风景，美味的食物和温柔的田村渐渐治愈了她的内心。
