贝壳般的心

　　The boisterous, arrogant professor Challenger, a reputed biologist and anthropologist, dares the London Zoological Society to mount an expedition to verify his spectacular claim, without physical proof, that his previous expedition to the Amazonian basin found live dinosaurs. Apart from him and his 'socialite' counterpart, professor Summerlee, it consists of experienced discoverer Lord Roxbury, the young reporter Ed Malone -who got publicly struck down with Challenger's umbrella at his arrival- and Jennifer Holmes, Malone's news agency's boss's daughter, essentially as conditions for putting up the money. In Brazil they are joined by Jennifer's brother David and local 'guide' Manuel Gomez. They soon discover the dinosaurs are real and dangerous, like giant spiders, but loose their helicopter and thus are desperate for a way down from the isolated plateau. They learn Roxbury knew about the fate of Burton White, an explorer whose diary they find, thus presume to be dead, in search of diamonds, and confirmation of the local tribe being the lethal guardians of the plateau's secrets, but also get surprising help...

　　火、水、风、土、和空气，生命五种核心元素曾经注入在一本书--命运之书。黑暗笼罩了大地，需要借助笔和书的力量，但这本书却失踪了，人们以为它永远消失了，但数百年后却又再度出现……

　　父亲的突然去世让汤米（安东·尤金 Anton Yelchin 饰）一家人陷入了混乱，家庭无人照料一片狼藉，母亲终日哭泣郁郁寡欢，就在这样一种糟糕的情况下，汤米迎来了自己躁动又不安的青春，无处发泄的他只能通过调皮捣蛋来纾解心中的积怨。辍学后的汤米在一家熟食店打工，负责送货。　　汤米和朋友帕鲁帕斯（罗宾·威廉斯 Robin Williams 饰）成天厮混在一起，帕鲁帕斯是一个外表成熟但心智幼稚的“大龄儿童”，两人之间的感情真挚又深厚。一次意外中，汤米结识了妓女蕾蒂（Erykah Badu 饰），后者带领他进入了成年人的世界，享受了爱情的甜蜜与苦涩。一场意外的发生摧毁了汤米自由的生活，它不仅终结了汤米的现在，也波及到了他的未来。

在这片充满剑和魔法的土地上，土匪们为了保护一个小女孩而脱离了他们的帮派，让他们与曾经像他们父亲一样的老朋友和前领导人对抗。