铁血英雄

　　While on a hunting trip in the isolated wilderness, a father and his adopted teenage son are turned into the prey of unknown assailants. They are unexpectedly joined in their fight for survival by a stranger who reveals the disturbing truth about the son's biological father, an international crime lord, and why that crime lord has sent trained assassins to kill the teenager.

　　Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop?
　　Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller.
　　The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narration/voice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters.
　　Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppie/violence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with "black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge.
　　However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.

A family entangled in a police investigation surrounding the mysterious disappearance of tourists in Kerala.

　　不错哎，感觉还挺认真的

　　忠臣宋沅被奸相贾守道陷害入狱，只有携先皇所赐的「免死铁券」上京伸冤，方可免罪。贾守道派出锦衣卫高思贤（王侠饰）搜夺铁券，以置宋沅于死地；宋妻及女宋洁（李菁饰）将「免死铁券」藏于琵琶中，沿途卖唱掩饰。无赖吴三（魏平澳饰）得知宋氏母女真正身份，心想利用她们换贵官高禄，将高思贤引来，混乱中「免死铁券」被做在砖內，却无人知晓……

　　老查大叔这次被一个神秘组织招募，扮演了一个类似《用心棒》中三船敏郎的角色，暗中挑拨两伙毒贩火拼，结果发现自己被利用。
　　当然了，惹恼了老查的神秘组织也没好下场……