V.R.俱乐部

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.

匿杀

　　地狱空荡荡，恶魔在人间。十五年前，一群身份各异的罪恶权贵将都马市染黑成一座“地狱岛”，高中生晓笛惨遭权贵凌辱致死；十五年后，这些背后操盘者接连惨死，死状惨烈。曾目睹十五年前命案的方天阳与警官方正楠深入调查，惊觉这桩匿名杀人案不只是单纯的复仇，更是一场迟到的控诉。桩桩命案，层层黑幕，那张权力、金钱、欲望织就的黑色秘网背后究竟藏着多少不为人知的罪孽？

无路之路

在一个支离破碎的世界里，生存是唯一的目标，一个孤独的流浪者在荒野中游荡，被复仇的念头所折磨。他遇到了一位陌生人，两人有着相似的过去。

超级士兵

　　目睹一名陆军士兵的崛起，他意识到自己的命运，并在与内心的恶魔和外部敌人作战时，成为印度第一名为打击恐怖分子而创建的超级士兵

四人新世界

　　飞叔移民到加拿大与儿子哈哈一起生活。在飞机上认识了一位来自大陆的黄艳秋，并有意撮合艳秋和哈哈，飞叔与艳秋的姨妈是一对欢喜冤家，艳秋和一个富家花花公子一起，哈哈很沮丧，飞叔鼓励儿子向艳秋表白。哈哈买下一块地，想转头赚钱，但买家临时改变主意，令哈哈欠下一笔钱，飞叔、姨妈、哈哈、艳秋开始了四人新世界……

肖菲勒

假如比尔街可以作证

 《月光男孩》导演巴里·杰金斯日前敲定新片，他将把知名作家詹姆斯·鲍德温的小说《假若比尔街能够讲话》(If Beale Street Could Talk)搬上大银幕，故事设定于上世纪70年代的纽约哈林区，主角是一对刚订婚的年轻情侣芬尼(Fonny)和蒂什(Tish)。芬尼被诬告强奸，而身怀六甲的蒂什将四处奔走寻找证据证明丈夫的清白。梅根·埃里森创立的安纳普尔纳将投资本片，也将和《月光男孩》制片公司Plan B、杰金斯本人的Pastel工作室一同制作本片，10月开拍。