杀手之王

　　Umberto Lenzi is undoubtedly the king of Italian crime movies, but unfortunately; Syndicate Sadists is not the best examples of his work in this genre. Lenzi's crime flicks tend to be a cut above the rest because he makes films based on stories with a point, and they don't lack direction; but this film feels a bit too wayward to fully fit with the rest of his stuff. The film takes obvious influence from Sergio Leone's landmark western 'A Fistful of Dollars' (which in turn, took influence from Akira Kurosawa's landmark samurai flick Yojimbo), in that it features two warring families and a strong character at the centre. The crime that Lenzi focuses on is kidnapping, and we centre on a character called 'Rambo'. Rambo is dragged into the war between the two families after his brother is killed because of it. Rambo uses his brains and brawn to pit the two families against one another, in the hope of gaining revenge for his brother's death, rescuing a young boy that they've kidnapped, and ultimately letting the two sides destroy one another.
　　The film's biggest asset is undoubtedly Tomas Milian. Milian was put to great use by Lenzi in almost all of his crime thrillers. The range of characters he has played for Lenzi is immense, and this one is easily one of the coolest. The character is called Rambo, which immediately sprang to mind the popular Sylvester Stallone character - but for once, the Italians actually haven't stolen this name as Syndicate Sadists was released first! As usual, the film is wickedly entertaining, as we get to watch Milian get himself involved in the usual array of car chases, shootouts and brawls. Lenzi has got him riding a motorbike this time round, and every scene featuring it and Milian is a real standout! However, the film often feels like it doesn't really have anywhere to go, and this means that the running time is stretched out more than it should be. Compared to the crime films of other Italian directors, Syndicate Sadists is more than above average; but in relation to Lenzi crime flicks such as Almost Human and The Cynic, The Rat and The Fist - it doesn't stand tall as one of Lenzi's best. Still, if you're looking for ninety minutes of testosterone fuelled mayhem - Syndicate Sadists will suffice!

　　龙吉公主为红鸾星宿，因为一次偶遇爱上杨戬，私自下凡只为见他一面。魔界蓝昊为解除五毒之念封印自身所有记忆，变成纯良少年石头，与古灵精怪的龙吉相识，一路相伴。
　　没想到因为龙吉的一时贪玩解除魔界的封印，石头变回魔族的蓝昊，魔界大军强势来袭，眼看三界将要爆发自封神以来最大的一场灾难，生灵涂炭不可避免。
　　蓝昊威胁龙吉，只要答应嫁给自己就会永久关闭魔界大门，龙吉为了三界苍生无奈答应。杨戬得知后震怒不已追杀蓝昊，千钧一发之际被龙吉阻挡，称愿意牺牲自己拯救三界...

　　洛杉矶最近黑帮的团伙成员一个个被人残忍杀害，警局认为黑帮火拼又开始了。于是派出探员麦克（丹尼•格洛弗 Danny Glover 饰）去调查这次事件，并将凶徒乘之于法。不料麦克出师不利，反遭这些凶徒袭击，差点丧命。凶徒能杀人于无形，具有隐身的能力。
　　原来这是一群来自外星的专门狩猎人类的怪物，能隐身、身上具有多种武器并能利用红外线监测到人类准确位置。联邦调查局也注意到了这一情况，他们派出了特别行动小组想活抓这些怪物作研究。然而麦克心里只有消灭怪物未受害者报仇这一念头……

　　盛唐年间万妖当道，天师府掌门无尘子为保天下苍生，以自身元神封印妖王沐风，企图感化妖王。岂料沐风心爱之人花妖风四娘寻仇而来，血洗天师府。无尘子万般无奈之下，将其灵魄及妖王妖元转入钟馗体内。天性半人半妖、亦善亦恶的钟馗，面对与天师府无尘子的师徒情谊，妖界的引诱要挟，一念成神 ，一念成妖，究竟该如何抉择？

　　《行尸走肉》女星劳瑞·侯登(《寂静岭》《迷雾》)加盟梅尔·吉布森、文斯·沃恩主演新片《Dragged Across Concrete》，讲述吉布森和沃恩饰演的两位警探发现自己被停职，原因是一则录像被媒体曝光，展现了他们在执法上的“强硬手段”。两人在缺少资金跟外界帮助的情况下决定深入地下犯罪集团，却发现有更多意想不到的事情笼罩在阴影之下。劳瑞·侯登将饰演吉布森的妻子，同时也是一名前警官。S. Craig Zahler编写剧本同时执导本片，本月底温哥华开拍。

　　宾夕法尼亚州南部的布鲁斯特市，资深的火车机师弗兰克·巴恩斯（丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰）即将提前退休，作为拥有丰富阅历和经验的老员工，他和伙伴们虽然对公司出于成本雇用相对便宜却没有经验的新员工不满，却也无可奈何。这天早晨，弗兰克迎来了新的搭档，年轻气盛的领航员威尔·科尔森（克里斯·佩恩 Chris Pine 饰），新老交替正式开始。与此同时，位于北部的富勒站出现状况，满载危险化学品的777号列车在无人驾驶的情况下径自开走，如野兽般咆哮着冲向人口密集的城镇。危险随时降临，弗兰克和威尔即将度过难忘的一天……
　　本片根据2001年美国俄亥俄州的一个真实事件改编。

　　电影《神迹之上古传奇》讲述的是 2016年的某一天，科考队的李允意外得到一块上古时期的补天石，并将其带回上古时代，亲身经历了黄帝和蚩尤的战争，并且与女战士女赤发生了一段意外的爱情邂逅的故事。

　　故事始于山王联合会。以总长眼镜蛇为首，大和、阿檀、阿铁等个性十足的成员集结于山王联合会，几人的脑海中只有一个念头，就是守护这个街区。而在他们几个守护街区和平、努力避免不必要的冲突之人面前，出现了一名男子。而事态则因这名男子发生了巨大的变化，SWORD的平衡将被打破…

　　上海精武会会长霍东阁年事已高，需要找接班人。只有两个人合资格。一是现任上海精武会的执事，精武会创会会长霍元甲大弟子孔慈的儿子孔鹏；另一人选就是广东精武会分会的主持人郭天。
　　为保万无一失，霍东阁修书欲请出当年侠盗“铁马骝”帮忙运送名册，铁马骝以自己年事已高，改荐其孙新一代铁面大侠铁忠帮忙护送名单由广东送到上海，期间遇上不同人马，巧取豪夺，激战连场，最后一场大混战，郭天发觉其中一个对手，身手很是熟悉，激战中发现他应该是“铁马骝”。
　　震南三人来到铁马骝住处查问究竟！铁马骝大为奇怪，这二十年，他从未离开家乡半步，如何加害郭天？
　　原来铁马骝有一个双胞胎弟弟“铜马骝”，同拜于“战猴拳”门下，结果一个成为侠盗，一个却成为大盗……震南一愕，难道出手抢夺名册；不是铁马骝，而是从关外回来的铜马骝？
　　铁马骝将“战猴拳”最后三招杀着传给震南，让他可以制伏铜马骝……大会上一阵大笑声响起！只见铁马骝擒着铜马骝来到，力证震南所言非假！看见真假两个铁马骝，众人目定口呆！铜马骝一生最怕就是自己的兄长，现在被铁马骝擒下，只有说出真相，力证主谋就是孔鹏，一切都是他的阴谋诡计！孔鹏大笑承认一切！
　　得回清白的郭天，为了让孔鹏心服，就让他们来一个“争夺会长之战”，由铁马骝作证……孔鹏大笑应允！他就不信自己不能将郭天击倒！
　　一阵欢呼声响起……画外音听见霍东阁宣布新一任的会长是郭天。

　　一名佣兵和一批职业杀手无端卷入一场政治计谋，计划是要铲除西非一名独裁者。

　　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.