Patterson

印第安纳州一个人口不足千人的小镇，一所舞蹈学校也没有，这里就是21岁的罗琳•寇比（玛丽•伊丽莎白•文斯蒂德 Mary Elizabeth Winstead 饰）从小生活的地方。罗琳父母留下的小汽配厂现在由哥哥掌管，并且不出意外的话，罗琳以后的人生也将围绕汽配厂展开……可这不是她想要的生活，罗琳多年来一直自学舞蹈，这次她自驾前往芝加哥参加舞蹈学校的入学考试，希望得到录取以改变人生。　　然而结果是残酷的，被淘汰的罗琳不甘于回家，在一位落考前辈的帮助下，她在舞厅找到了一份记账员的工作，并告诫自己舞厅的艳舞并非自己的风格，然而舞蹈的天性是不能隐藏的，终于因一个舞者的缺席，罗琳得到了一次展示自己的机会……

本片根据真实事件改编。描述一对夫妇攀登雪山却遭遇险境……

这是一部独立的新派黑色电影。根据著名文人Alejandro Murguia的作品改编。电影带领观众深入常人不熟悉的街区，通过拉丁裔酒店火灾事件的探寻，发掘街区中掩藏的腐败与堕落，同时揭露中产阶级与贫困群体的彷徨。

查理先生手下有三名女打手，她们才貌双全拥有一身好功夫，专门接受查理先生的命令为他人伸张正义。她们分别是：娜塔莉（卡梅伦•迪亚兹 饰）、戴兰（茱莉•巴里摩尔 饰）与艾利克斯（刘玉玲 饰）。　　她们最近接受了一个任务：艾瑞克•克诺斯（萨姆•罗克韦尔 饰）先生设计了一款高科技的声音辨别系统。艾瑞克却不幸被绑架了，这三名“天使”需要从不法分子手中拯救艾瑞克。因为这套由艾瑞克设计的高科技系统，一旦被不法分子利用的话后果堪虞。　　三位“天使”得知情况后，很快联想到了艾瑞克公司的对手，该负责人罗格成为了最大的嫌疑。三人于是日夜调查罗格的行踪，也掌握了重要的线索。正在她们有把握拯救艾瑞克的时候，一通电话打破了她们三人的全盘计划。

Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world.

Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.　　The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he'd have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the story is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).　　Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can't prove it, and 50's space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, unseen menace may remind you of that highly original BLAIR WITCH).　　As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile don't go down there, you jerk! pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim's case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.　　The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn's forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie's suspense is blunt and right to the point IT!' has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill IT! or die. Nothing like those no two ways about it choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.　　For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters' helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot's scary ambience. The black white photography (Yes, it's one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic If the creature hadn't stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.　　The intelligent script (see what I mean about rareity) was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone's It's a Good Life) The picture's taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche UNNECESSARY!!!)　　Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio's commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven't claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.　　This film's story is not really totally original (what is), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt's VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE. All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.　　As long as you're not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don't expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.