拳击手大卫•科登(Jamie Smith 饰)独自住在一间简陋的公寓出租房内,窗户对面住着一个美丽的舞女格萝蕾拉(Irene Kane 饰),大卫渐渐为之所吸引。 某晚大卫比赛归来,突然发现格萝蕾拉正要被人强暴,他冲进去拯救了心上人。原来强暴者是格萝蕾拉所在夜总会的老板(Frank Silvera 饰),为了生计不得不忍辱负重。两个失意之人情谊相合,遂约定离开伤心地,寻找他们的幸福。大卫外出筹集旅费,而夜总会老板在得知格萝蕾拉即将离开的消息时勃然大怒,派出打手绑架了她…… 本片荣获1959年洛迦诺国际电影节最佳导演奖。
一支由特种部队的退伍军人组成的神秘小组正在郊外的一间仓库接受雇主任务,他们个个身怀绝技,山姆(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰)是前中情局官员、文森特(让·雷诺 Jean Reno 饰)为前欧洲情报局官员、格雷戈(斯特兰·斯卡斯加德 Stellan Skarsgård 饰)则是德国电子专家,同时还有英国武器专家史宾斯(肖恩·宾 Sean Bean 饰)和司机拉里。小组受命要袭击一支全副武装的车队并劫下一只神秘的公文包。经过一系列激烈追逐和枪战,小组总算拿到了箱子,却不料格雷戈竟然背叛了组织,携公文包潜逃并试图将其兜售给俄罗斯。然而,在随后的追回箱子过程中,背叛似乎如诅咒般笼罩着小组,在一次次胆战心惊的追逐和辗转之下,成员们再也已无法分辨站在面前的是敌是友……
As its title suggests THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE is an awe -inspiring, meticulous cinematic rendering of the aesthetic and conceptual inventions of proto-science fiction genius Jules Verne, based on one of the famed author's lesser known short stories. However, the real star of the film is the intricate art direction, successfully rendering the visual style of nineteenth century woodcuts and engravings into motion pictures, creating a stylized and surreal graphic world within which Verne’s fanciful tale unfolds. A brilliant scientist, Dr. Roche, perches high above a stormy sea, inventing a powerful explosive, when he and his assistant are kidnapped by an evil businessman, Artigas. Taken by submarine to Artigas' volcano headquarters, Roche is tricked into developing his experiment for evil intentions. The scientist’s assistant, Simon, struggles all the while to free himself and warn Roche. A magical world of baroque submarines and sailing ships, killer octopus, undersea bicycles dazzles audiences as human actors, puppetry, animation and fanciful scenic design interact to create a cinematic experience that is unique by any standards. Mixing slapstick comedy, action adventure pacing and Mélies style film magic, this little known Czechoslovakian gem transcends the juvenile literature at its source to create cinematic art of the highest order....