本片根据育碧软件公司2003年的同名电子游戏改编。十五年前，感第孤儿达斯坦（杰克·吉伦哈尔 Jake Gyllenhaal 饰）在市集上因英勇好战被波斯国王收养入宫。十五年后，感第长大成人的达斯坦随两位哥哥和叔父（本·金斯利 Ben Kingsley 饰）出征，奇袭圣城阿拉姆特，并得到国王许婚，将阿拉姆特公主塔米娜（杰玛·阿特登Gemma Arterton 饰）许配与他。达斯坦无意中得到了塔米娜公主竭尽全力保护的“时之砂”匕首，却被诬陷毒害老国王，被迫逃亡。为了洗清罪名，同时确保伟大的波斯帝国不至于沦落他手，达斯坦胁迫塔米娜公主与他一同进入了臭名昭著的“奴隶谷”，破坏了阿马尔酋长（阿尔弗雷德·莫里纳 Alfred Molina 饰）的鸵鸟大赛。在老国王的葬礼上，达斯坦终于发现了幕后凶手，而塔米娜公主也终将有关“时之砂”的秘密据实以告……
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回复 :Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
回复 :米里亚姆（马蒂娜·戈黛特 Martina Gedeck 饰）拥有一个幸福的家庭，和丈夫安德鲁（彼得·达沃 Peter Davor 饰）之间相互信任，亲密无间；和儿子尼尔斯（Lucas Kotaranin 饰）更是彼此理解，无话不谈。某日，尼尔斯将自己的女友利维亚（Svea Lohde 饰）带回老家度假，很快，米里亚姆就发现利维亚和一位名叫比尔（罗伯特·西利格 Robert Seeliger 饰）的男子之间似乎有着超越了友谊的亲密关系。好奇心的驱使之下，米里亚姆开始接近比尔，哪知道竟然也被比尔身上所散发出来的温文尔雅的气质所吸引，她和利维亚之间竟然变成了情敌关系。人是无法控制自己的心的，即便知道这种感情是无望和不道德的，但米里亚姆还是在漩涡里越陷越深。
回复 :影片讲述了2008年8月俄罗斯与格鲁吉亚的冲突,2008年南奥塞梯战争是2008年8月在格鲁吉亚境内发生的一场战争，交战一方为格鲁吉亚ZF，另一方为单方面宣布独立的南奥塞梯，及其支持者阿布哈兹和俄罗斯。自8月1日开始，格鲁吉亚和南奥塞梯发生数次交火，8月8日凌晨格鲁吉亚展开全面军事行动并很快控制了2/3以上的南奥塞梯地区，包围了其首府茨欣瓦利。俄罗斯军队于8日进入南奥塞梯地区，9日展开军事行动很快控制了茨欣瓦利，并在随后几日占领了南奥塞梯以外的格鲁吉亚领土和军事基地。在国际各方的调停下，格鲁吉亚和俄罗斯分别于15日和16日在停火协议上签字，俄军于18日开始撤离格鲁吉亚，战争结束。这次战争共造成格鲁吉亚军队215人死亡、1469人受伤；俄罗斯军队74人死亡，171人负伤，19人失踪，以及约1600南奥塞梯平民死亡。
