为了应对911之后日益猖獗的恐怖主义,美国总统亨利·阿什顿(威廉·赫特 William Hurt 饰)与西方各国以及阿拉伯国家首脑相约西班牙的萨拉曼卡,将在此缔结全新的反恐同盟。是日阳光明媚,广场人头攒动,不同社会背景之人齐齐聚集,嘈杂万分。阿什顿总统的车队在一片欢呼和反对声中到来,六个月前为保护总统而遭到枪击的资深探员托马斯·巴恩斯(丹尼斯·奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰)冲在最前方,警觉地监视着来自周遭一切可疑之人。谁知,当总统正准备发表演说时,两发子弹击中了他。广场顿时大乱,有人仓皇而逃,有人冲向主席台,有人则趁乱制造祸端。随之而来的爆炸将这美好的一日彻底毁灭。 通过电视台女导播、阿什顿总统、巴恩斯以及几名和此事件有关之人的视角,血腥一日背后的真相逐步得到还原……
In the midst of the D-Day invasion, a group of US soldiers are given orders to smuggle a member of the French resistance behind enemy lines to assassinate a high-value Nazi target.
Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller. The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narrationvoice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters. Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppieviolence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge. However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.
After his son witnesses a brutal murder by a notorious crime boss, a deaf Indonesian gangster is thrust into the fight of his life when he takes on his dangerous former allies, including a sociopath assassin, in order to protect his child.