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　　民国初,无人能敌的女学门叶如舟重伤失忆后。流落贫民弄堂民福巷,阴差阳错的爱上了游手好闲的陈阿旺,为了解决当地家强郑绝后对民福巷的压迫,叶如舟大展拳脚,却带来了巨大危机,最终叶如舟如陈阿旺一道,共同守护着民福巷的安宁。

　　清末民初，安徽省青陽縣民風淳樸敦厚，距縣城西南之九華山，有土匪趙一虎（張沖）盤踞，自築匪巢名為黑家寨，收留數百匪徒，肆意搶劫過往商旅，並派嘍囉煙鬼梁七（王勇）在小道破廟扮鬼，誘迫商旅往大道行走，俾使其眼線鐵算盤丁二麻子（苗天）蒐集情報，暗通黑寨派匪奪劫。 過往商旅途經路旁野店，老闆曹老頭、小廚子（李昆）均中黑家寨匪之計，渲染鬼之可怕，無形指使路人應走大道，方能趨吉避凶，那知無數商旅反而失財喪命， 一日，浙江德威鏢局總鏢頭洪德威....

　　昔日的重量级拳击冠军乔治（迈克尔•加•怀特 Michael Jai White 饰）在俄罗斯拍摄广告度日，某天他的家被人闯入后放置了大量毒品，于是乔治因贩毒入狱。这场陷害的幕后主使是俄罗斯当地的黑拳界，他们利用犯人们的搏击比赛开设赌局，而乔治出色的身后令他成为了监狱的目标，各方希望乔治能与狱中拳王伯伊卡（斯科特•阿金斯 Scott Adkins 饰）一战。
　　拒绝成为黑拳界谋利工具的乔治在狱中处境艰难，除了狱警的侮辱，伯伊卡一众也不放弃任何挑衅乔治的机会，当乔治发现自己除了登上擂台已没有任何获得自由的可能以后，他毅然决定与伯伊卡决斗。然而拥有凌厉腿法的伯伊卡并不是一个低级的对手……

克莱德·谢尔顿（格莱德·巴特勒 Gerard Butler 饰）是居住在费城某小镇的一名研发人员，他有着美丽的妻子和可爱的女儿，生活幸福美满。但这一切都被突如其来的灾难所摧毁。某晚，两个暴徒闯入他的家中，妻子和女儿都受到残害。然而虽然证据确凿，但由于司法程序的迂腐和尼克·瑞斯（杰米·福克斯 Jamie Foxx 饰）助理执行官的堕落，最终让首犯克拉伦斯·多比（克里斯蒂安·斯多特 Christian Stolte 饰）因证据不足只得到10年徒刑。
　　本以为一切归于沉寂，但10年后当年未了的风波再起。怀着巨大仇恨的克莱德开始筹划展开报复，先是干掉了当年的从犯阿米，接着他很快找到了邪恶无耻的多比，并对其进行残酷的折磨与虐杀。克莱德的仇恨得到巨大的宣泄，但是他的复仇还未就此停止。他所针对的不只是那两个暴徒，而是整个腐朽堕落的司法系统…

　　警方调查一起杀人案件，循线索找到一张嫌犯的照片，但容貌和照片中人相似的男子却有两名，案情因而加倍棘手……

　　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.

纽约平淡的一天，临近退休的老警探杰克•莫斯利（布鲁斯•威利斯 Bruce Willis 饰）却接到了一个吃力不讨好的任务：穿行16片街区，护送一名犯人上法庭作证。
　　这本该是件极其轻松的事，从警局到法庭的车程只有15分钟，唯一的麻烦看上去也只是罪犯艾迪（茅斯•达夫 Mos Def 饰）滔滔不绝的废话而已。然而事实却远不止于此，一次针对艾迪的暗杀行动让杰克发现了幕后的真相：所谓的上庭作证不过是个幌子，真实的情况是以警局同僚、老朋友弗兰克（大卫•摩斯 David Morse饰）为首的一批腐败警察，借杰克护送艾迪的机会铲除污点证人。经历内心的挣扎后，杰克为了寻求心中的正义保护了艾迪，却成了纽约警局的众矢之的。16片街区的距离，从来也不曾如此漫长过…