凭借心灵书籍而受到关注的黑人作家托马斯·卡特（安东尼·麦凯 Anthony Mackie 饰）正沉浸在名誉的荣光之中，春暖而就在此时他的哥哥刑满释放，春暖此时正因为某事而陷入财务危机中。怀着不可告人秘密的托马斯希望多赚些钱打发他的哥哥，于是主动和之前在签售会有过一面之缘的安吉尔·桑切斯（福里斯特·惠特克 饰）取得联系。安吉尔的母亲早已去世，但这名潦倒颓废的男人似乎始终沉浸在莫大的悲伤中无法自拔，他声称时常能看到母亲的身影，为此恐慌而焦虑。托马斯按小时收取报酬，采取其所擅长的心灵疏导手段试图带安吉尔远离痛苦，可是情况丝毫不见好转。某天托马斯登门决定中止治疗，无奈形势早已超过了他的控制范围……
阿丽雅
回复 :就读于纽约某大学的贾丝廷（萝兰萨·伊佐 Lorenza Izzo 饰）是一名联合国官员的女儿，她原本优哉游哉，嬉笑怒骂，生活平淡无奇。偶然的机会，她受邀加入了由亚历杭德罗（艾瑞尔·利维 Ariel Levy 饰）领军的环保示威组织ACT。该组织近期正打算前往位于秘鲁亚马逊丛林的某个小村落，不久前该地发现丰富的天然气资源，而大型公司图谋砍伐丛林、驱逐村民，甚至不惜用到屠杀的手段。为了抗议这种不人道的暴行，ACT的各位经过周密规划启程来到秘鲁。这群在最发达的国家过惯了养尊处优生活的年轻人，带着半度假的心情来到了异国他乡。在经历了严峻的生死考验后，他们的抗议终于取得成功。谁知返程途中飞机出现故障坠毁，幸存者置身丛林中，而神秘的食人族正悄然向他们靠近……
回复 :Garrett is a rising YouTube star. Shell is a deeply emotional fan. When they begin a romantic relationship, he's forced to question whether opening your life to strangers online is an invitation to community and rescue...or to stalking, obsession and madness.
林志斌
回复 :Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he'd have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the "story" is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can't prove it, and 50's space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, "unseen menace" may remind you of that highly "original" BLAIR WITCH).As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile "don't go down there, you jerk!" pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim's case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn's forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie's suspense is blunt and right to the point: "IT!' has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill "IT!" or die. Nothing like those "no two ways about it" choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters' helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot's scary ambience. The black & white photography (Yes, it's one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic: If the creature hadn't stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.The intelligent script (see what I mean about "rareity") was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life")? The picture's taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche? UNNECESSARY!!!)Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio's commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven't claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.This film's story is not really totally original (what is?), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt's "VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE." All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.As long as you're not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don't expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.
