罗伯特·福斯特

表面看来，杰奇（帕姆·格里尔 Pam Grier 饰）是一名普通的空姐，然而，在暗地里，她一直利用职务之便，帮助军火商奥德尔（塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰）运送赃款，并从中获取暴利。一次意外中，杰奇的“生意”曝光了，她本人亦遭到了逮捕。得知此事，奥德尔派出了马克斯（罗伯特·福斯特 Robert Forster 饰），想要杀人灭口。 让奥德尔没有想到的是，马克斯竟然疯狂的爱上了杰奇，两人一拍即合，策划了一场阴谋将奥德尔耍得团团转，甚至派出了心腹梅兰妮（布里吉特·芳达 Bridget Fonda 饰）和路易斯（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）助其一臂之力。然而，当奥德尔发现自己受骗之时，他才发现，事态的发展早已经脱离了他的掌控。

In 1943, revolutionary inventor Nikola Tesla died penniless in the New Yorker Hotel. Within 24 hours the U.S. government seized everything in his room. But one design was already missing. Seventy years later in Buffalo, NY, a brilliant young engineer has found it. And the only person she can trust is a low-rent detective with a pack-a-day habit.

本片描述一位刚退休的侦察兵，由于好心收留了一位曾经被印第安俘虏多年的白人女子及她那混血儿子，于是受到儿子的神秘杀手父亲追踪寻仇。全片三分之二以上的时间，是发生在西部山巅之间的追踪和暗杀。导演罗伯特．马利根扬弃一般西部片惯见的激烈枪战场面，着力以沉缓的镜头运动和富于悬疑色彩的构图来酝酿紧惊险的气氛。但是，由于导演过分着重惊险悬疑的气氛营造，对于剧情的充实，和角色内心世界的刻画就相对地显得简单而浮泛。格利高里．派克扮演老斥侯华纳，演来十分卖力，但表情稍嫌刻板化，不及扮演尼克的罗伯特．弗斯特那么灵活和讨好。

A vicious alligator named Ramon, who was flushed into the city sewer as a baby, survives to become a 32-foot-long menace who devours animals and people alike. Ramon's so huge because of the steady diet of dead pets - treated with growth hormones - that he's fed on for 12 years. Now the tremendous brute is angry and looking for revenge. Only detective David Madison knows of Ramon's existence, and it is his task to prove to the rest of the city that a tropical beast lives in their midst. Veteran screenwriter Sayles' script finds the perfect blend of comedy and horror, making this an entertaining romp through the sewers of Chicago.