南唐寒阳公主(陈嘉敏 饰)在含恨而死之后,星期假借江南第一美女西门燕(徐千京 饰)的肉身幻化成妖,星期通过魅惑人间男子来吸食阳气,企图修炼成仙。一次偶然中,书生王子玉(丁汇宇 饰)邂逅了女妖,禁不住她的诱惑,抛弃了糟糠之妻陈英(殷果儿 饰)。陈英意外的目睹了西门燕的真面目,意识到丈夫是被妖魔所惑,如果继续这样下去,将会有性命之忧。于是,陈英请来了驱魔道长成瓮(叶豪 饰)和他的徒弟小包子(刘小奇 饰),希望他们能够斩妖除魔,将丈夫从水深火热之中解救出来。就这样,一场人妖之间的大战即将拉开序幕。
南唐寒阳公主(陈嘉敏 饰)在含恨而死之后,星期假借江南第一美女西门燕(徐千京 饰)的肉身幻化成妖,星期通过魅惑人间男子来吸食阳气,企图修炼成仙。一次偶然中,书生王子玉(丁汇宇 饰)邂逅了女妖,禁不住她的诱惑,抛弃了糟糠之妻陈英(殷果儿 饰)。陈英意外的目睹了西门燕的真面目,意识到丈夫是被妖魔所惑,如果继续这样下去,将会有性命之忧。于是,陈英请来了驱魔道长成瓮(叶豪 饰)和他的徒弟小包子(刘小奇 饰),希望他们能够斩妖除魔,将丈夫从水深火热之中解救出来。就这样,一场人妖之间的大战即将拉开序幕。
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
回复 :爱丽丝(伊莎贝尔·于佩尔 Isabelle Huppert 饰)是一名性工作者,奔放的个性和优越的外表让她成为了客人中的头牌,她自己也很享受这种放荡不羁的生活。然而,任何的日子过久了都会令人感到乏味,渐渐的,爱丽丝不再热爱自己的事业了,内心麻木而又空洞的她决定向心理咨询师寻求帮助。爱丽丝预约的是一位名叫萨米耶(伯利·兰内尔 Bouli Lanners 饰)的心理医生,谁知道,萨米耶也正在为自己的职业而感到烦恼,他发现自己再也无法忍受他的患者们的那些滔滔不绝的乏味故事了。在这个节骨眼上,爱丽丝出现了,两人的身份神奇的发生了逆转,爱丽丝开始用自己特殊的方法,替萨米耶治疗他的职业病。
回复 :艾玛(梅根·沃纳 Meegan Warner 饰)是一档恐怖恶搞类综艺节目的制作人,对于这个靠欺骗和伪造愚弄嘉宾的节目,艾玛感到十分厌倦,她打算在做完最后一期节目后就辞职不干。近期,网络上出现了一些更血腥更暴力更真实却也拥有更多观众的恐怖节目,老板要求艾玛和她的同事兼男友马库斯(伊恩 麦杜思 Ian Meadows 饰)做出能够超越这些节目的作品,否则就要炒掉整个制作组。马库斯将下一期节目的地点选在了一座废弃的疯人院之中,这一次,艾玛负责扮演在医院里工作的护士,以招募园丁之名找来了名为罗汉(乔什·邝·塔特 Josh Quong Tart 饰)的男子。罗汉表面看来安静而又老实,但之后他的种种诡异作为让艾玛开始怀疑,罗汉根本就是一个彻头彻尾的疯子。