大火球

　　San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill me he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young daughter, Toya San who Sun has bequeathed to become his wife. Years later, when she becomes of age, she marries Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. When Wong learns Toya will be happier with Harry he allows them to leave. Still later Wong learns that Harry has been deported and since Toya could not prove she was married to someone else she too was deported to China. When Wong learns of this, he goes after them.

　　由美国哥伦比亚影片公司出品，导演约翰．休斯顿。这是一部带有纪实色彩的影片，描写一个颓废的职业拳手比利和另一个年轻同伴如何试图东山再起，又如何失败未能如愿的故事。虽然影片的主人公是个拳击手，但影片所表现的并不是精彩的拳击场面，而是重点描写主人公的日常生活、希望、幻想和失败。影片所表现的内容以及主人翁令人同情的坎坷生涯，再加上由于运用了蓝光和棕色光而产生的朦胧效果，使这部影片具有强烈的感染力和独特的个性，而成为导演的重要作品之一。影片曾获奥斯卡最佳女主角提名。

　　杰西卡（艾什莉·贾德 Ashley Judd 饰）是一名女警官，她的父亲是臭名昭著的连环杀人犯，这成为了杰西卡毕生的污点和笼罩在心头的阴云，她一直希望自己能够坦然面对这段过去。近日里，城市里接连发生凶杀案，线索表明这些案件系同一人所为，杰西卡将此看做是她走出过去的大好机会，自告奋勇的提出接手此案。
　　然而，随着调查的深入，杰西卡震惊的发现，所有在案件中死亡的被害人，都和自己曾经发生过亲密关系，也就是说，她是这宗案件的核心，而她的现任男友麦克（安迪·加西亚 Andy Garcia 饰）则成为了凶手的下一个目标。杰西卡必须振作起来，只有她才能够保护她的恋人和人生。