杀戮演绎

　　Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up.
　　This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!) and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine).
　　It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about?

　　国际大都会香港，残忍冷酷的当纳卡（基努·李维斯 Keanu Reeves 饰）暗中组织地下黑拳，只手遮天。香港反黑组派出卧底潜入其中，然当督察孙靖诗（莫文蔚 饰）率队冲入现场时，却发现卧底早已被当纳卡无情杀害。在此之后，当纳卡四处网罗卓越出众的格斗高手。恰在此时，全国武术锦标赛隆重召开，出自灵空太极门的陈林虎（陈虎 饰）轻松击败夺冠热门，名震全场，也由此引起当纳卡的注意。接受到邀请的林虎赶赴香港，虽然认为用太极赚钱有辱师门，但为了改变师父所在的“灵空观”被拆除的命运和家人的生活现状，他还是选择成为当纳卡旗下的一名选手。
　　在此过程中，誓不言败的绢秀注意到林虎的行踪，一切朝着不可预测的方向发展……