一个恋足癖连环杀手开始接二连三袭击女性,春暖一名警探决心不抓住罪犯誓不罢休。
一个恋足癖连环杀手开始接二连三袭击女性,春暖一名警探决心不抓住罪犯誓不罢休。
回复 :The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years.At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with.But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood.I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential.by D.R. SHIMON@lounge.moviecodec.com
回复 :The film homes in on 18-year-old Alex who’s been a fan of the Arthur fantasy film series since he was a child. When his close-knit group of friends surprises him with trip to an abandoned house where the film was shot, they unwittingly walk headlong into a twisted, mortal trap. What was once a childhood dream soon turns into a very real nightmare...
回复 :因盗窃罪被判入狱五年的Tony(吉恩·塞维斯 Jean Servais 饰)出狱了,他的朋友Jo(Carl Möhner 饰)想和他再去盗一个珠宝店,被Tony拒绝了。Tony想找回他以前的女友Mado,然而此时Mado却和另一个黑帮老大Grutter在一起。Tony很气愤,打了Mado,并且决心重新赢回Mado。于是他答应了Jo,并联合Mario和César一共四人展开了盗窃珠宝店的行动。行动实施得非常顺利,César还拿了一个钻石戒指送给他的女友Viviane。Viviane是Grutter的酒吧里的女歌手,Grutter发现了这个戒指,认为Tony和César是盗窃者;同时,Mado提出要离开Grutter,Grutter知道是因为Tony的缘故,于是派人去杀死Tony......本片根据法国作家Auguste le Breton's的同名小说改编。