晚娘2012(上)

等待方舟

　　Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.　　Delving deep into the dusty and long abandonded vaults of b-cinema in search of lost gems always leaves me with a bittersweet taste. On one hand the discovery of unexpected gems where no one would think them possible is a rewarding experience. On the other hand though it makes one wonder how many of these remarkable low-budget oddities, personal love affairs of directors never quite famous and now all but forgotten, have almost forever slipped from memory?　　n any case what we have here is a little post-apocalyptic gem from Poland that is really better than it has any right to. The dystopian near future of O-BI, O-BA finds a group of survivors of the nuclear war that ravaged the Earth inhabiting an underworld concrete bunker and biding their time as they wait for the mysterious Ark, an air ship of some kind that will come and save them. The Ark proves to be an elaborate hoax, carefully designed to give hope to the malnourished and desperate denizens of the bunker, while in the meantime the dome that separates their miserable existence from the nuclear winter outside is slowly caving in.　　What first striked me about the movie is the design of the bunker and the depiction of the survivors. The survivors are gaunt, filthy and terrible-looking penitents, dressed in rags and aimlessly wandering the neon-lit halls of the bunker like automatons. The bunker is a rundown, seedy place, with bright neon lights peering from all sides like the eyes of malignant beasts.　　On one hand it is a slightly 80's depiction of the dystopian future but the movie never stoops down to MAD MAX cheese. Instead it combines biting political satire with the bleak outlook of a world with no future, black comedy with barbs on apathy, religion and power. The survivors, for example, are fed some kind of flour dropping from a tube that hovers in the air - later on we discover the food supervisor uses books and the Bible itself as filler for this meagre meal. There are many such short symbolic touches, perhaps not life-changing or faith-restoring, yet playful, clever and inspired.　　One thing is for sure; O-BI, O-BA is not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi schlock. It overcomes its modest budget with creativity and has genuine artistic aspirations both from a writing and directing perspective. My opinion is that it should have been filmed in black and white instead of colour though. The director uses atmospheric light and shadow to great effect and it would have registered even better in stark black and white. The blue-green neon on the other hand outstays its welcome after a while. Just a minor gripe in an otherwise solid b-movie with its heart set in all the right places.　　Imagine a less bleak THE ROAD (Cormac McCarthy) being injected with the satire and humour of DR.STRANGELOVE and you're getting there. See it if you can find it.

浪漫杀手真人版

本片改编自同名漫画，讲述了沉迷游戏、巧克力和猫、毫无恋爱兴趣的高中生星野杏子（上白石萌歌 饰），被魔法使莉莉强行卷入“一个月内必须恋爱”的任务中。为拯救因恋爱能量枯竭而濒临崩溃的魔法界，莉莉夺走杏子的快乐来源，并制造一连串浪漫陷阱，试图让她坠入爱河：酷帅转学生香月司（高桥恭平 饰）、天然幼驯染速水纯太（木村柾哉 饰）、傲娇王子小金井圣（中岛飒太 饰）轮番登场，还出现了强制同居、班级重编等浪漫套路。面对一波波胸动心跳的攻势，杏子能否坚持自我、恢复平静生活？“我是浪漫杀手——谁来都放倒！”

谎言与偷窃

　　提奥·詹姆斯、艾米丽·拉塔科夫斯基(《消失的爱人》)主演犯罪新片《谎言与偷窃》(Lying and Stealing)首曝剧照，近日刚于洛杉矶开拍。Matt Aselton(《不可思议》)执导，讲述一个年轻、圆滑的贼Ivan，他的专长是盗窃洛杉矶上层集团的高端艺术品，事业发展很顺利，但他想退出。Elyse是一名很有前途的女演员，她的密室里堆有成山的建筑骨架和大量债务。两位机灵的骗子决定合作，参与一项大胆的抢劫案。　　弗雷德·迈拉麦德(《严肃的男人》《炸天女郎》)、Ebon Moss-Bachrach(《惩罚者》《末日孤舰》)、Isiah Whitlock Jr.(《迷雾》《副总统》)、伊万·汉德勒(《加州靡情》《欲望都市》)、约翰·盖汀斯(《铁甲钢拳》《极品飞车》)等参演，Michael Costigan(《断背山》《美国黑帮》)、Naomi Despres(《一级重罪》《杀死信使》)、Christopher Tricarico(《高堡奇人》《五月夏日》)、Mohamed AlRafi(《毋庸置疑》)共同制片。

鬼迷藏

东北奇妙故事

哲学系学生肖墨到殡仪馆实习，试图探寻“生死”答案，却遭遇导师陈辉离奇死亡。村里流传一口“应声井”可让人起死回生。陈辉之子死于事故后，陈辉在古井许愿，次日离奇失踪。肖墨随神秘殡葬师老白头返村调查，老白头以科学逐一破解“灵异”现象：井中尸体、养女上吊、浓雾里的鬼打墙等怪事背后皆是精心布局的骗局。当执念遭遇科学，谎言被真相撕裂，众人方知真正的深渊不在井里，而在人心。

怨泊

　　东京，一个世界知名的大城市。 Sarah (何超仪 饰) 与男友分手后，来到此地欲求购买房生产，并度过一个短暂而宁静的假期，但一切事与愿违。由于美国总统的突然到访东京，原定的酒店已满。　　房地产公司将她安置在一座非常破旧废弃令人毛骨悚然的私人民宿 “minipaku” 中 ，当Sarah入住时，她发现它是由一位老妇人（白川和子 饰）经营的。她在那里的第一个晚上感到十分不安和可怕，噩梦连连，并且病了起来，只能被迫留下来，更令她意外地发现了一具正在被寄生虫吞噬的完整骨骼。警察局的高级警司（高桥和也 饰）接手调查，也发现这家民宿牵涉多宗连环离奇失踪案件，怪事连连，警司也未能为Sarah破解。　　这座有着非常神秘力量和不明历史的房子，与Sarah有着某种联系。当 “minpaku” 的灯熄灭时，可怕而令人不安的景象笼罩着她，它们变得越来越真实。一场又一场可怕而离奇的噩梦，令人不知道这是开始还是结束，似乎一切都是安排好的。

巅峰猎杀

为了考验自己的极限，莎夏（查理兹·塞隆 饰）深入偏僻无情的澳洲荒野，却发觉自己不只必须在严苛环境中奋勇求生，还得对抗一名残忍又危险的恶徒（塔伦·埃哲顿 饰）。