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　　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.

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冷光中

出狱后的艾娃试图重新开始，却被哥哥卷回毒品交易。警方设局致哥哥身亡，她再度逃亡。好友遇害、父亲背叛、亲情撕裂下，艾娃铤而走险，与毒枭交易并清除叛徒，最终再次入狱。

正义联盟：无限地球危机(下)

　　Trapped in a pocket universe, surviving Earths face annihilation by the Anti-Monitor. Time shatters, bringing past heroes to aid Justice League against the epitome of evil. Their sacrifice may lead to victory.

养鬼吃人2

  第一集中，少女克莉斯蒂（Ashley Laurence 饰）的家庭遭受魔鬼赛诺贝斯的摧残，亲人相继死亡，她本人也被送入精神病院治疗。除了医生助手凯尔（William Hope 饰）外，没人相信克莉斯蒂的离奇故事。当疯狂的医生菲利普•切诺德（Kenneth Cranham 饰）从助手口中得知少女的经历后，他决定将恶魔重新带回人间。业已死亡的继母朱莉（Clare Higgins 饰），在这个变态狂人的喂养下再次复活……

反恐疑云

　　埃及裔美国人安瓦•艾尔•伊布拉西米（奥玛尔•梅特瓦利 饰）大约二十年前，从埃及移民到了美国，与漂亮的美国姑娘伊莎贝拉•菲尔兹（莉丝•维瑟斯彭 饰）成了家，夫妻恩爱生活美满，育有一子，伊莎贝拉肚子里的第二胎也日渐成型。　　某日，安瓦•艾尔•伊布拉西米从南非出差回来，在华盛顿机场被神秘的黑衣人带走，原因是中央情报局认为身为化学品工程师的安瓦•艾尔•伊布拉西米是恐怖分子，想从他口中撬出有用的情报。倒霉的安瓦被“引渡”至埃及的开罗，交由驻扎在当地的中情局探员道格拉斯•弗里曼（杰克•吉伦哈尔 饰）和老奸巨猾的当地探员审讯。　　另一方面，身怀六甲的伊莎贝拉，坚信丈夫是无辜的，四下奔走，努力寻找丈夫的下落。期间，她虽然幸运地获得旧情人（彼得•萨斯加德 饰）的帮助，但终究不足以国家强势机构对抗，一筹莫展。　　与此同时，刚刚入行不久的特工道格拉斯•弗里曼，在目睹了CIA同事们对安瓦进行的非人道审讯时，也面临着良心的拷问。　　安瓦是不是恐怖分子？伊莎贝拉能否和丈夫团圆？中情局新手道格拉斯•弗里曼，究竟在这场暗战中发挥了怎样的作用？对这一切疑问的解答，必将引向对“引渡”政策的重新审视。