朋友的黄花

花魁～SAGA

　　現代東京，三位女性——愛、瑪麗、杏珠——在繁忙與孤獨的⽣活中尋找愛與⾃我。某⽇，她們⼀同前往溫泉旅⾏，在閃爍的燈光與笑聲之間，⼀道神秘的閃光將她們帶入時空裂縫。當她們再次睜眼，眼前已成為⼀個充滿異⾊與絢爛的幻夢世界——「仮想・吉原」。在這座融合江⼾、⼤正與現代意象的花街中，她們分別化身為花魁「三浦太夫」、「薄桜」、「富⼠太夫」，成為欲望、權⼒與愛情交錯的舞台中⼼。

等待方舟

　　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.

幸存者1999

　　《幸存者》讲述了十亿年前，外星异种来地球，进行各种生物培育，因为地壳运动剧烈，被火山岩浆淹埋。荒凉的北极科学探测站内，正欢呼石油的到来，钻台无故断电、矿井喷出神秘的胶体、员工被大卸八块……顿时失去控制，当站长亚当、凯特等反应过来，并组织起武装防卫时，95%的人们成了无辜冤魂，血肉模糊、脑髓迸射；不可抗力的人类浩劫就此爆发，从北极向全球疯狂蔓延……

商战街

　　这是一部关于股票交易的影片，处处流露着金钱和欲望，一个草根凤凰男逆袭的故事。男主出生并成长在印度的一个小山村里。男主一心梦想前往孟买，去为自己的偶像（一位金融大鳄）去打工。金融大鳄亦是贫寒出身但却成功逆袭的典范。男一号发誓要成为像该金融大鳄一样的成功男士。男一号凭借自己 的努力和对机遇的掌控，在一年时间内，成为该金融大鳄最得力的助手。一时间，宾利，私人飞机，游艇都已是囊中之物；顺便，男一号再抱得美人归。然而，一切的成功都来的太突然。男一号殊不知自己只不过是金融大鳄的傀儡。而漂亮的女友也只不过是金融大鳄的情妇而已。摆在男一号面前有两条路。是接受金融大鳄所给的上亿支票继续为奴，还是推倒金融大鳄，自己彻底翻身？

第27天生死劫

对鱼的布道

　　达武德从战争中归来，发现他村里的每个人都死于一种奇怪的疾病并且已经腐烂。 他的妹妹是唯一的幸存者，也正在慢慢腐烂。 达武德被他作为一名士兵的记忆所困扰，因为他面临着唯一真正的问题：生存和生活一样吗？