莎拉（莎拉·伯格 Sarah Bolger 饰）的丈夫死了，亚洲留下了一儿一女需要莎拉拉扯长大，亚洲忍着巨大的悲痛和沉重的经济压力，莎拉只有苦苦支撑，更糟的是，儿子成为了父亲死亡的目击者，巨大的打击让他就此失声，这对于莎拉来说无异于是雪上加霜。铁托（安德鲁·辛普森 Andrew Simpson 饰）是当地的地头蛇，他看莎拉一人无依无靠，便使用威逼利诱之术，强迫莎拉帮助他藏匿毒品。哪知道一次意外中，莎拉的儿子发现并且毁掉了毒品，损失巨大的铁托在恼羞成怒之中企图强暴莎拉。对于这个男人的压迫，莎拉忍无可忍，终于决定反抗，而她的反击行为很快就在当地引起了一连串的蝴蝶效应。
回复 :由于比武，被自己打成重伤的柔术大师村井离开了人世。姿三四郎（藤田进 饰）觉得心中愧疚，无法面对爱人，所以远走他乡。当他重新踏上故土，却路遇美国大兵欺负弱小平民，正义凛然的他挺身而出，击退了不可一世的美国人。此后，他发现了很多在利用功夫 谋生而不是弘扬武学真义。在拳击比赛现场，他赫然见到一位武学泰斗要跟美国拳击手过招，只为用出场费养活生计。姿三四郎的内心非常挣扎，他觉得有必要为重塑武学精神做些事情。他破了三戒：喝酒、打斗、并在公开场地表演，只为重新打破某种陈规瓶颈，树立柔道之新意义。这时，两位空手道拳手前来挑衅，他们的父亲因为跟姿三四郎的比武而身受重伤，所以他们苦心修炼发誓报仇，一番龙争虎斗迫在眉睫……
回复 :Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
周志宏
回复 :一部庆祝迪士尼动画《Encanto》的世界、角色和歌曲的音乐剧。
