情奋

　　四名劇場演員在倫敦排練即將在西區上演的復仇舞台劇時，隨著彼此之間的秘密戀情逐漸曝光，參雜著才華嫉妒與愛恨糾葛。在一連串的陰謀與反擊中，原以為的盟友，竟私下已與旁人聯手陷害自己，這場角力最終將演變成致命的殺機。

　　所谓的无船员的船携带咖啡驶入纽约,但是当警察和一些科学家在船上发现了船员可怕的尸体和大量的盒子装满绿色虫蛋。爆炸的时候蛋温度升高和任何人谁接触的物质都会爆炸。现在政府介入和幸存的军官,一名上校和一名宇航员发现这些蛋可能与灾难性的火星任务有关。

　　改编自Michael Crichton的同名畅销小说。　　此片是斯科特兄弟重导2008年的电视剧而成的迷你剧。　　犹他州的皮德蒙特小镇，一对男女情侣正在山上约会，突然一颗人造卫星掉落。好奇的两人将卫星带回小镇，却不知道也将可怕的遭难带回了小镇。突然间小镇上爆发了可怕的病毒， 人们纷纷不明原因地死去。为防止病毒扩散到其他城市，军队封锁了小镇，并派出了代号为“仙女座”的科学队前去查明病源。队员包括：传染病学家Jeremy（本杰明·布拉特BenjaminBratt 饰）、外空生物学家Angela（克里斯塔·米勒 Christa Miller 饰）、微生物学家Tsi（金大贤 饰）、病理学家Charlene（维奥拉·戴维斯 ViolaDavis 饰）。同时，一个名叫Jack（艾瑞克·麦克马奇EricMcCormack 饰）的记者似乎也在探寻着不可告人的秘密……

　　皇太子争选太子妃，兰心本有所爱，却不得不进到太子府，因为才华出众，深得皇太子和纪淑妃的喜爱，兰心被嫉妒和排挤，在太子府里受尽磨难！　　其实一切阴谋都是秀女姚芊芊设计的，姚芊芊是万贵妃的人，自己参选秀女就是为了接近太子，协助万贵妃铲除太子，虽然她心中也另有所爱，但不得不去争选太子妃，铲除一切阻碍自己当上太子妃的秀女。　　姚芊芊陷害兰心通奸，差点害的兰心被赐死，关键时刻兰心被梅儿所救。几日后公布太子妃人选之时，纪淑妃为了顾全大局，还是让姚芊芊当上了太子妃，姚芊芊十分痛苦内心挣扎，兰心、梅儿、金碧瑶当上侧妃，大家各怀念想……。

　　全球突然出现了很多来自宇宙巨大的“入口”，世界一片混乱、陷入危机。这些扭曲现实的入口为何出现，它们的另一端是？

　　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.