Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.
故事发生在1969年的一个冬天,女友的意外死亡让艾伦(乔纳森·杰克逊 Jonathan Jackson 饰)陷入了无尽的悲痛和恐惧之中去,经过漫长的时间洗礼和好友洁西卡的(埃丽卡·克里斯滕森 Erika Christensen 饰)耐心劝说,艾伦内心的痛苦才略有减轻。就在艾伦的心情慢慢恢复的节骨眼上,母亲受伤弥留的消息犹如一盆冷水当头浇下,为了能够见母亲最后一面,艾伦毫不犹豫的踏上了前往路易斯通医院的旅途。
在路上,艾伦搭上了一辆便车,令他没有想到的是,驾驶此车的农夫乔治(大卫·阿奎特 David Arquette 饰),其真实身份竟然是残酷嗜血的死神。为了能够顺利到达终点,艾伦必须机智应对乔治所抛出的一连串尖刻的提问,这些问题无一不与艾伦内心的阴暗面紧紧相连。在光明和黑暗之间,在生存和死亡之间,艾伦必须做出抉择。
故事发生在第一次世界大战期间,英国联军和德军之间的战况日渐白热化,每天都有无数的士兵们含恨死去,年仅十六岁的莎士比亚(杰米·贝尔 Jamie Bell 饰)亦参与了这场战争,战场上伤痕累累的惨状给他的心灵蒙上了厚厚的阴影。
某日,莎士比亚和一干战友们正在进行一项突袭任务,就在大家凝神鼻息偷偷前进之时,一股不知从何而来的神秘烟雾将他们包围。之后,一行人来到了德军的战壕内,然而这里了无生气,有的只是一具具死相及其恐怖的尸体。这里究竟发生了什么?莎士比亚所在的连队继续前进,诡异的事情不断发生,连队中亦不断的有人丧命,莎士比亚隐约觉得,在前方等待着他们的正是地狱的入口。
J.G. Ballard的小说...无语...
Most Remarkable Film I Have Ever Seen
While definitely not for everyone, this movie effectively captures J.G. Ballard's difficult novel of the same name. More visual than literal, The Atrocity Exhibition forces the viewer to re-think the art of film and of story telling. It effectively communicates in a new language that caused some who saw it to declare that it 'changed their lives'. It changed mine as well, although I'm not exactly sure in what way. And while I can't say that I completely 'got ' the story, the story that I got was fascinating and one that I can't forget. I've since read the book and that certainly helped, but it wasn't necessary to enjoy the film. This film stands as one of my favorites alongside the best works of Kubrick, the Coen brothers and Hitchcock.