火拼粤语

　　《天启大爆炸》以中国古代曾真实发生的神秘爆炸为原型，加以天马行空的巧妙构思，为观众解封至今困惑世人的隐秘真相。神秘机构“夜行司”追踪离奇谜团勇闯“无相城”，一场关乎百姓苍生命运博弈就此展开。

　　退伍军人约翰戈尔德成为了一名雇佣军之后，得知他最好的朋友被谋杀了，他开始去查明真相，随着一步步的深入了解，他发现了一个惊天大阴谋...

　　出演 : 高倉健／池部良／三田佳子／松方弘樹／梅宮辰夫／菅原謙二／室田日出男
　　監督 : 佐伯清
　　終戦直後の浅草。戦地から戻った神津組の寺島は、露天商街の縄張り争いから新誠会と対立。やがて縄張り争いは激化し、寺島は客人の風間と共に新誠会に殴り込みをかける…。
　　高倉健の主演で人気を博した「昭和残侠伝」シリーズの第1作目。敵方の青年との対立と不思議な友情を交え、若き熱血親分の活躍を描く娯楽任侠映画。瓦礫だらけの街から、悪を根絶やしにするため、熾烈な戦いが繰り広げられる。ヒロインは三田佳子。シリーズに欠かせない池辺良もいい味を出している。殴り込みのシーンで流れる、高倉健自らが歌う「唐獅子牡丹」も大ヒットした。

　　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.