极寒之城2023

　　四个狂爱卡丁车的孩子收到了神秘的邀请，要到古老的城堡中参赛，但条件是每个人之间不仅要相互信任，更要抛弃原有的骄傲、自我甚至争强好胜，

　　Kyohei Aizawa, an assassin for a covert non-governmental espionage group in Japan called "SEEK", is grieving over the loss of his girlfriend from a tragic plane accident. The leader of "SEEK",Ryo Mikumo, contacts him for an emergency mission; save a fellow agent, recover a new highly explosive liquid called "RDX@", stop a ruthless Yakuza leader, Sojiro Kotsuki, and his gang before they take over Japan. Although the Ninjas were thought to have disappeared... the new breed of assassins live on helping to protect Japan and all that is right; the Ninjas are coming soon.

某市发生一起奇怪的交通肇事逃逸案，刑警队长王金刚在查案时，发现该案件谜团重重，通过复杂线索，又牵扯出恶势力偷盗国家原油案件，发现幕后黑手郑氏兄弟。在查找证据和追捕的过程中，正邪之间展开了一场生死对决。

迪恩有着严重的暴力倾向，假释在家的他正在接受心理治疗，年少时的所作所为伤透了母亲的心并与家族断绝了关系，唯一的安慰就是弟弟会经常写信给他。有一天，一封邀请他去参加弟弟葬礼的来信将他平静的生活打破。来到举办葬礼的小岛后他困惑于弟弟的死因，同时依然不被母亲所接受。这时，一伙人也登陆了小岛，将迪恩和他的家人劫为人质并找开始寻找隐藏在岛上的东西。想办法解救家人的迪恩在与这伙人交手的过程中发现了弟弟死亡的秘密……

功夫少年少阳在“陈继武菊花石杯功夫自由选拔赛”中被他的对手宋健打败后。他感觉自己拿到比赛的冠军真的是不可能了。顿时，心灰意冷，一蹶不振。期间，他的姐姐思羽、师傅邱振龙、师兄子陆都在劝说和安慰他，试图让他走出失败的阴影。但是都无济于事。无奈他们只好让他自己先冷静思考一下。观看比赛回来后，华叔和金爷见了一面。金爷告诉他现在他需要……

　　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.