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　　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.

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精灵宝可梦：冥王龙与冰空的花束雪米

 “反转世界”是存在于这个世界内部的镜子般不可思议的世界。那个美丽而规则的世界，是骑拉帝纳栖居的特殊空间。然而帝牙卢卡和帕路奇犽的战斗造成了时空的扭曲，“反转世界”也因此完全被阴霾笼罩。由于自己的世界被污染而被激怒的骑拉帝纳找到了帝牙卢卡，并想将其拖入反转世界中。 　　“现实世界”，在继续旅行的小智和皮卡丘一行的面前出现了一个小小的，几乎看不见的精灵。那是有“花媚”之称的感谢神奇宝贝洁咪。被卷入帝牙卢卡和骑拉帝纳的战斗的洁咪在千钧一发之际从反转世界逃出。小智一行带着精疲力竭的洁咪前往神奇宝贝中心。 洁咪用心电感应将小智一行带到了它的“葛拉西蒂亚花(グラシデア)花田”，并告诉他们在这“葛拉西蒂亚花”中隐藏着巨大的秘密。正准备离开神奇宝贝中心的小智等人遇到了前来捕捉洁咪的火箭队。而与此同时，神奇宝贝中心外的装饰品的镜面上出现了“次元旋涡”，将火箭队、洁咪连同小智一行人一起全部带往了反转世界。 　　从次元旋涡中脱出的小智一行人环顾四周，这里是倒立着一排排建筑物，空中处处漂浮着乌云的，广大而不可思议的反转世界。 　　就在这时，骑拉帝纳突然出现，向洁咪发动攻击。小智等人正要与骑拉帝纳对抗，却传来制止之声。说话者是名叫穆玄·葛雷斯蓝多的学者，他告诉小智等人不可以让骑拉帝纳生气。 　　正在小智一行在穆玄·葛雷斯蓝多的帮助下向现实世界回返之时，企图利用骑拉帝纳的力量支配世界的，驾驶着高科技母舰“百万力霸”的谜之青年，杰洛出现了。和洁咪一起继续着探索花园之旅的小智一行没能逃过杰洛的追踪。 　　前所未有的冒险之旅的高潮，等待着你的是超越想像的“美丽奇迹”!

养鬼吃人5：直闯地狱

洛杉矶警探乔瑟夫（克莱格·谢菲尔 饰）是个标准败类，嗑药嗑得比谁都勤快，调查命案不忘顺手牵羊，更枉顾家中妻小，专搞迷人可爱的阻街女郎。一宗幼童谋杀案现场，乔瑟夫捡回一只受过诅咒的奇异盒子，打开后怪事不断一桩接一桩：昨夜搞上的妓女意外身亡，他瞬间成为头号嫌疑犯；一连串似幻似真的恐怖体验更不断尾随，无脸怪人四处追杀人群，《养鬼吃人》系列当家猛鬼－针头鬼（Pinhead）也重出江湖，一个头两个大的乔瑟夫该如何解决这谜一般的虚实梦魇？本片改编自克里夫巴克（Clive Barker）恐怖小说「受地狱羁绊之心」The Hellbound Heart，这颗坏心肠的主人正是故事男主角乔瑟夫，身为警察的他自身行为不检点也罢，涉嫌谋杀难以脱罪的他竟然嫁祸好同事，善恶终有报，恶徒乔瑟夫果然陷入万劫不复的魔鬼梦魇，活著比死更痛苦。

湾岸 midnight the movie

　　高中三年级学生朝仓晓生是个车迷，这天他在车行里发现了一辆深蓝色的日产FairladyS30Z。这正是传说中的“恶魔Z”，号称速度最快的改装车。据说“恶魔Z”仿佛有着自己的意志，能够根据情况做出反应，它的高速令人生畏，却又深深地吸引着追求速度之梦的人们。“恶魔Z”曾经的拥有者都出了事故，这辆车在世上销声匿迹了一阵，竟然又出现了。晓生迷上了“恶魔Z”，为之投入了全副精力，试图去完全掌控它。　　绘梨子的哥哥晶夫也因为“恶魔Z”而死，绘梨子非常讨厌这辆车，反对让它复活。然而晓生的热情感染了她，她在晓生身上看到了哥哥的影子，渐渐地开始支持他。　　绘梨子的男朋友岛达也曾经是晶夫的赛车朋友，他认为应该把“恶魔Z”销毁，阻止再有人牺牲。达也将爱车黑色保时捷911重新改装，向晓生发出了战书。　　恶魔Z与黑鸟的对决拉开了序幕……