一家疗养院里,年逾古稀的犹太人古特曼先生(克里斯托弗·普卢默 Christopher Plummer 饰)呻吟着从睡梦中醒来。他的记忆正在消退,连妻子不久前去世的事也险些忘记。不过妻子的离开似乎也帮他卸去最后一点儿牵挂,他在朋友的帮助下,从养老院偷偷跑出。古特曼的身上携带着朋友写的信,上面记载着他沿途需要注意的事项以及此行最大的目的。几经辗转,他终于找到了名叫鲁迪·克兰德的老人。对方年轻时曾是参与过二战的德国士兵,家族的血海深仇驱使着古特曼先生不远万里追踪仇人。 奥斯维辛集中营的恐怖记忆,让每个切身经历者都背上了毕生无法摆脱的罪……
Teenaged siblings Girly and Sonny lure young men back to their home to meet the eccentric Mumsy and Nanny. There, the men are forced to take part in strange games, the rules of which are never defined - and if they refuse, or transgress the unwritten rules, they're killed. But they may have met their match in New Friend, their latest victim, who starts to manipulate the foursome, setting one against the other. Bizarre combination of late sixties avant garde and sleaze. Director Freddie Francis had made horrors for both Hammer and Amicus but this is nothing like any of them. Shot on location with an atmosphere mixing playground horror and conservatory theatre that is downright weird and unsettling. The great lost girl of sixties British horror, Vanessa Howard, shines as she does in those other rarely seen gems Corruption [1967] and What Became of Jack and Jill [1972]. If Harold Pinter had made The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [1974] for the BBC this could have resulted. Excellent and unique.
迈克(马特•达蒙 Matt Damon 饰)是一个法律系二年级的学生,但他却因为一次跟赌场老板泰迪(约翰•马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰)的赌博输掉了所有的积蓄。在朋友克尼什(约翰•特托罗 John Turturro 饰)劝慰下,迈克立下誓言,从此不碰赌博。不过,他还是在教授的牌局上露了一手,技惊四座。在接老朋友虫子(爱德华•诺顿 Edward Norton 饰)出狱的时候,迈克违背了自己的誓言,重出江湖。为了帮助虫子,他甚至延误了模拟法庭的实习。此后,女友乔发现了迈克涉赌的证据,与他分手,这令他非常沮丧。迈克在虫子的怂恿下,接连参与赌局。事后,却发现自己被虫子摆了一道,欠下了巨款。他找到虫子,后者在被逼之下吐露了实情:原来虫子被凶悍的债主逼得走投无路。为了友情,他接受了债主苛刻的条件,但是却陷入了更加艰难的困境……