古惑仔之街头悍将

　　昭和初期。浅草界隈の左官、大工をまとめ信望を一身に集める鳶政は、今は病身で、後取りの小頭の秀次郎が兵役から帰還してくるのを待っていた。そうした時、東京で博覧会が開かれることになり、会場が上野に決った。上野は鳶政の縄張りだったが、博徒阿久根一家が札束をつんで工事の利権を譲れと言ってきた。これを断った鳶政は阿久津の子分三日仏に殺された。阿久津はその上、市の土木局長高見沢と結託し、鳶政傘下の業者を買収してしまった。そんなやり方に、阿久津の代貸し重吉とその妹文代は心を痛めていた。重吉は秀次郎とは親友だった。やがて秀次郎が帰ってきた。そして入札は無事に鳶政一家に落ち、会場建設の大工事が始った。そんな時、音吉が芸者染次を身請けするため大切な纒を質屋の岩源に渡し、それが阿久津の手に渡るという事件が起った。音吉は責任を感じそれを取り返しに行って殺され、染次も阿久津に身を売る約束で纒を取返したが、音吉の後を追って死んだ。秀次郎たちは阿久津への激しい怒りに駆られたものの、今は工事の方が大切と会場建設に全力を注ぐのだった。しかし阿久津たちはそんな鳶政一家に次々と工事の妨害を仕かけてきた。それをじっと耐えていた秀次郎たちだったが、工事現場に放火された時は勘忍袋の緒を切らした。一方、度重なる阿久津の悪どいやり方に重吉は盃を叩き返し、秀次郎の許に駆けつけた。ちょうど秀次郎は、ひとりで殴り込もうとする鳶政のひとり息子明夫を制し、自分で行こうとしていた。かわりに秀次郎と重吉が阿久津一家に殴り込んだ。二人は思う存分暴れ回り、たちまち修羅場と化したが、その中で重吉が三日仏に殺された。しかし、唐獅子牡丹の刺青を背に暴れる秀次郎に、阿久津も三日仏も倒されていった。

清乾隆年间，红花会舵主于万亭与四当家文泰来趁乾隆皇帝狩猎之际，面呈载有乾隆卑微身世的陈夫人遗书抄本，要挟乾隆与红花会结盟、反清复明。乾隆暗遣张召重杀死于万亭，将文泰来捕获。于万亭义子陈家洛继任舵主，率众前往营救文泰来。途中杀退清军，为来自维疆的木卓伦部队解了围。木卓伦长女霍青桐与家洛一见钟情，随家洛同往劫持囚车，但因清军援兵赶到，未获成功。家洛随即赶赴杭州，偶于飞来峰上与东方耳相遇，二人抚琴论诗，一见如故。后家洛得知乾隆在杭州提审文泰来，夜伏屋顶探视，发现东方耳正是乾隆。不久，家洛返回阔别的故乡，从奶妈处得到亡母陈夫人遗书真迹，方知当朝皇帝乃是在襁褓中被其父用调包计送进王府的胞兄。在父母坟旁，家洛又与乾隆巧遇。乾隆矢口否认自己为陈家后裔，并答应释放文泰来。家洛信以为真，便将亡母遗书投入钱塘江中。岂料乾隆即派重兵围剿红花会。家洛巧施美人计，将乾隆劫持于六和塔上。肃亲王欲借机置乾隆于死地，率八旗炮队猛轰高塔。乾隆万般无奈之下，接受了与红花会结盟反清的协议。本片于1988年获法国巴黎国际妇女电影节特别奖。续集为《戈壁恩仇录》。

　　《红色警戒》是一部有关缉毒题材的悬念动作影片，故事取材于永泰一个农村家庭发生的真实故事，并在福州大量取景。主角王力因童年阴影，从警校退学后当外卖员，因兄弟孙昭和女友白美丽而卷入毒奶茶事件，发现竟与19年前父母的死有关，最终他战胜自己的恐惧心理，成为继承父亲遗志的一名缉毒警察。

　　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……

　　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.