18岁的男主角恩,托芙被强征入伍,托芙面对祖母的痴呆症、母亲偷恋军官,加上突如其来的祖父之死,挖出了亡父一段令人痛心疾首的过去;在追寻真相的同时,才意识到初恋的挽歌已经奏响,不堪回首的家族往事尽化轻烟。巫俊锋,新加坡最多产的年轻电影人,学院派出身拍过无数得奖短片(《家庭写真》2009),去年短片《丛林湾》入选柏林泰迪熊奖,处女长片《沙堡》重返他对爱家与国的情怀,成为狮城有史之来杀入康城影评人周之作。
18岁的男主角恩,托芙被强征入伍,托芙面对祖母的痴呆症、母亲偷恋军官,加上突如其来的祖父之死,挖出了亡父一段令人痛心疾首的过去;在追寻真相的同时,才意识到初恋的挽歌已经奏响,不堪回首的家族往事尽化轻烟。巫俊锋,新加坡最多产的年轻电影人,学院派出身拍过无数得奖短片(《家庭写真》2009),去年短片《丛林湾》入选柏林泰迪熊奖,处女长片《沙堡》重返他对爱家与国的情怀,成为狮城有史之来杀入康城影评人周之作。
回复 :Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals."King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts; it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.
回复 :《十二楼》题材是完全新加坡化的。故事聚焦于城市里最普通不过的几户家庭,他们的生活点滴、辛酸滋味构成了影片主体。事件非常凌乱,基本总结不出什么情节,以生活在下层的民众日常生活为核心,力图恢复生活原貌,表达了导演对于这个表面看来规规矩矩的花园国家的反思与讽刺,展现出新加坡浮世绘。影片内容涉及新加坡社会一些尖锐问题,如无聊失落、贫富不均等等。
回复 :探员凯西(桑德拉·布洛克 Sandra Bullock 饰)的有勇有谋人尽皆知,而此次摆在她面前的案件却让她伤透了脑经,这宗案件不仅案情扑朔迷离,手法更是完美得找不到一丝漏洞。山姆(本·卓别林 Ben Chaplin 饰)受命协助凯西办案,可是对于这个做事毛毛躁躁的楞头青,凯西却并不信任,她觉得山姆资历尚浅,凭借的不过是纸上谈兵的本事。随着调查的深入,凯西终于找到了突破口,名叫理查德(瑞恩·高斯林 Ryan Gosling 饰)和贾斯汀(迈克尔·皮特 Michael Pitt 饰)的两名少年出现在了她的视线中。然而,凯西无法相信,竟然是这两个看似善良的少年犯下了如此邪恶的罪行。当犯罪动机渐渐显露,一个残酷而又冷血的世界逐渐露出了真容。