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乔夫原为修道院的马僮，某日偶然发现一个秘密：原本已绝种的龙，竟然还有一只还存在，于是乔夫和这只名叫德瑞克的龙成为了好友；此时，来自中国的关师父和莉安，揭露了龙的秘密，原来在双尾彗星返回之际，一股古老邪恶的力量，将利用龙的心统御人类。德瑞克通过了关师父的考验，证明了他的本质毫无邪恶的成份，于是关师父开始训练德瑞克喷火和喷冰，预备对付邪恶的力量，但真正可怕的秘密，却在此时揭露……

《神兵特攻》的故事发生在一个科技高度发达的未来都市。曾经的出色保镖龙威失去妻子后带着受伤的女儿隐居海外，一次见义勇救下了科技公司技术员艾米，对方邀请他到公司参与新产品武装机甲的测试。面试过程中公司启用了最先进的虚拟现实技术。在虚拟现实世界里，龙威为了挽救艾米等科研人员的生命，踏上了未知的梦境之旅…

　　六年前，拥有绝世本领的焰众忍者虎影（斋藤工 饰）与月影（芳贺优里亚 饰）坠入爱河，后者更怀上了虎影的孩子。然而焰众首领东云幻斋（椎名英姬 饰）绝不允许手下有这种叛逆之举，于是对二人进行严刑拷打。在遭受了残酷的折磨后，虎影夫妇一路逃亡，最终在某个偏远山村落脚，和他们的儿子孤月过着与世无争的平凡生活。这一日，东云派出忍者前往耶严藩偷窃金银秘卷，谁知却遭遇对方殊死抵抗，最终只拿到了银卷。为了得到金卷，东云找到虎影夫妇，并且绑架了二人的儿子来要挟他们潜入耶严城。
　　为了营救最爱的孩子，夫妇俩只得再入血雨腥风的江湖，投身于连绵不断的忍者大战之中……

《危急营救》剧情讲述了成龙和兄弟大力是卧龙山的两个穷小子，为了生活，二人决定去城里发展，二人去城里以后做起了帮忙要账的工作，无意中卷入一场家族绑架案，兄弟俩凭着自己未泯的良心，没有向金钱屈服，最终惩治了头目并解救了小女孩依依。两人也从替人要债的地痞，转变为“知荣知耻的新人”。影片主题鲜明，立意明确，人物之间的矛盾冲突强烈，通过喜剧演员与特型演员的演绎，故事有嬉笑怒骂的冲突，也有感动流涕的情节，多条线索交织，整体轻松，有颇多逗趣之处。

Director Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, Objectified) completes his design film trilogy with Urbanized. Exploring the design of cities with the world’s foremost architects, policymakers and engaged citizens, Urbanized frames a global discussion about how the design of our cities affects our lives.

　　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.