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 改编自赛珍珠的普立兹奖小说，是好莱坞在三十年代开始注意东方题材的代表性作品。影片虽是描写中国农村夫妇的悲剧故事，但主角均由美国人扮演，导演悉尼．弗兰克林也采取西方古典电影的风格来处理，在制作上相当严谨认真。剧情描写保罗．茂尼与路易丝．莱娜本来是贫困的农民，面对饥荒的威胁甚至以烤土充饥。后来茂尼得到了一笔财富，竟整天花天酒地迷恋情妇，莱娜只有发挥贤妻的耐性期待丈夫浪子回头。今天看来类似故事已显得老套，但本片的拍摄与特技表现杰出，路易丝．莱娜亦获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。

　　失去父亲后，3个曼男孩每年回到家庭小屋来纪念他，但是当他们与一个秘密的未婚夫一起走进他们的妈妈时，他们的旅行变成了一个疯狂的考验，看他是否有足够的曼加入这个家庭。

　　On her final combat mission across the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, Royal Air Force fighter pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair’s jet is shot down over one of the most dangerous rebel strongholds. When insurgents come after her at the crash site, she finds refuge in a long since abandoned underground bunker. After tracking Sinclair into the depths of the bunker, the insurgents accidentally awaken a man-made deadly biological weapon known as the Ravagers - half human, half alien and hungry for human flesh. Terrified, she watches the creatures rip apart the men pursuing her. Sinclair barely escapes and is picked up by a US army patrol sent to find her. Major Roy Finch, commander of the local US army outpost ‘Fort Apache’, and his ragtag squad of brave soldiers have a difficult time believing mutant monsters have been kept hidden in these mountains. Unaware that she has been tracked to their base, dozens of the vicious creatures are already swarming towards them.

　　故事发生在一个虚构的科幻世界之中，在这里，拥有着超能力的异能人和普通人生活在一起，曾经，因为超能力被滥用至失控，人类经受了惨痛的教训，因此，在创伤渐渐恢复之后，这些超能力者便沦为了遭受政府严密监控的“二等公民”，处处受人歧视，甚至遭到了军方追捕，被捉到的人将会被送往隔离 区隔离。　　克洛伊（莱克西•科尔克Lexy Kolker 饰）是一个单纯善良的孩子，和父亲（埃米尔•赫斯基Emile Hirsch 饰）过着相依为命的生活。平日里，父亲严禁克洛伊踏出家门一步仿佛屋外的世界充满了危险。一天，在冰淇淋的诱惑下，克洛伊偷偷的出门了，并且意外的得知，自己的母亲或许依然活在世上。