巨型病毒

　　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.

林宇与三名女孩遭遇空难，不幸流落至一座荒无人烟的孤岛，刚上岸便遭遇一头凶猛的变异双头蛇袭击。危急时刻，容貌靓丽、身手矫健的当地女土著颂雅及时出现，凭借对岛屿环境的熟悉，成功引开双头蛇，将四人救至一处隐蔽山洞。在艰难的孤岛求生中，林宇作为唯一的男性主动守护众人，朝夕相处间，他与四名女孩渐生情愫，陷入了两难的感情纠葛。好景不长，思瑶惨遭双头蛇伏击吞噬，若琳也不幸遇害。悲痛之下，林宇、婉晴与颂雅联手，借助颂雅祖辈流传的经验，摸清毒蛇怕强光和特定植物汁液的弱点，巧用简易工具设下陷阱，最终成功消灭双头蛇，林宇也找到情感的归宿。

　　西部荒野，住着麦克林夫妇——伊萨克（阿什利·祖克曼 Ashley Zukerman 饰）和莉兹（凯特琳·杰拉德 Caitlin Gerard 饰）。这里条件艰苦，环境恶劣，人烟稀少，野兽横行。莫大的孤寂令莉兹时常警惕地环视四周，防备一切可能的危险。某天，哈普尔夫妇——吉迪恩（迪伦·麦蒂 Dylan McTee 饰）和艾玛（茱莉亚·古丹妮·泰勒斯 Julia Goldani Telles 饰）搬到了麦克林家附近，成为他们的邻居。两家人很快就成了好朋友，特别是莉兹有了艾玛这个好姐妹，似乎心理也正常了许多。　　好景不长，某晚艾玛的情况变得很糟糕，她担心神秘的存在将危及她的孩子。荒野大风卷起，乌云密布……

　　尤瑟夫每天都往返于他的农耕村庄巴斯玛和他在耶路撒冷城里的工作之间，满怀热情地努力在瞬息万变的现代世界中寻找自己的位置。他年轻而躁动，更渴望摆脱乡村生活的束缚，而不是被卷入其中的种种烦恼。尤瑟夫的故事与年轻寡妇拉巴布和她的女儿阿芙拉、粗犷的领袖哈立德、鞋匠兼当地神父卡里姆的儿子以及活力四射的都市人胡卢德和她的商人丈夫阿明的故事交织在一起。

 以《返家十万里》扬名的导演卡罗尔·巴拉德一鸣惊人之作。以戏剧化的抒情风格描述一名男孩在船难中跟黑神驹同时漂流到荒岛上，人与马建立了两位一体的非凡感情。后来他们获救重回人类社会，巧遇老牌马术教练，乃被训练成出色的赛马和小小年纪的骑师，在一次比赛中获得冠军。全片的摄影极为优美动人，尤其当时的童星凯利·里诺在沙滩上跟黑神驹玩耍的场面，在视听效果上呈现出大自然之美的极至。米基·鲁尼饰演的驯马师在片中也占有重要地位，一老一少和马之间的三角互动关系爆发出感人的火花，堪称同类影片中的一流代表作。

　　一名健身教练在德里一家高档俱乐部惨遭杀害。为了找出凶手，一位老辣的调查员揭开了俱乐部富豪会员的肮脏秘密。