This would definitely not have been my kind of movie, but my husband saw it on TV and said it was really good. So, on his recommendation, I bought a copy, since I didn't know if it would ever be on TV again. I had never heard of anybody in it except Armand Assante. At first I had a hard time getting into the story, because the first part of the movie is a jumble of images-- and it doesn't make much sense. It is only later in the movie that it all comes together. The scene-cutting- if that's what it's called, is a bit jarring-- it sometimes looks as if a few frames have been cut out of each scene, and the scenes are jerky--but I guess that was done to add to the unusualness (if that's a word). The story veers here and there, and just about the time you have it all figured out, everything turns upside down and you have to readjust your thinking as to who is the bad guy and who is not. Or bad woman. The acting is very good-- I kept thinking how much Norman Reedus looks like Leo Decaprio. The ending was a real twist, totally unexpected, which I liked. A good show.
After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the newly detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the eldercare facility, the volunteers discover the governor and the facility’s supervisor have cooked up a horrifyingly depraved conspiracy that endangers both the young and the old…
故事发生在美丽而又寒冷的阿拉斯加,艾吉斯石油公司派遣的勘探队的到来打破了此地居民们宁静的生活,地表被掘开,噪音和污染充斥着整个冰原,没过多久,当地的原住民们便与开发公司之间产生了激烈的矛盾。让原住民们感到心寒的是,被利益收买的政府站在了石油公司的那一边。
塔夫特(史蒂文·席格 Steven Seagal 饰)是勘探队中的一员,某日,他邂逅了名为马苏(陈冲 饰)的爱斯基摩少女,马苏的一言一行感化了塔夫特,令他对雇主的所作所为产生了怀疑和反感。为了获得更大的利润,公司总裁迈克尔(迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰)决定无视对生态的破坏,扩大开采面积。然而,倒戈的塔夫特无疑成为了他执行阴谋的绊脚石,于是,迈克尔派出了杀手,企图将塔夫特除之而后快。
亚历克斯(摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰)是一名资历丰富的警探,这一次,他被派遣负责国会议员女儿被绑架一案。杰姬(莫妮卡·波特 Monica Potter 饰)是负责保护被绑架女孩安全的特工,正为了自己的疏忽和失职自责不已,趁此机会,她强烈要求成为亚历克斯的搭档,一同侦破此案。
随着调查的深入,一个名为加里(迈克尔·温科特 Michael Wincott 饰)的男人浮出了水面,除了绑架了议员的女儿,他还和城中发生的数起绑架案有着千丝万缕的联系。亚历克斯和杰姬随即展开了岁加里的追捕,然而,老奸巨猾的加里并不会轻易的被警方捕获,恰恰相反,在不知不觉间,亚历克斯走入了加里所设下的弥天陷阱之中。