拥有神之舌的男子：鬼灯死亡之路篇

　　中年、离异的威尔逊，居住在美国加州奥克兰，孤独的生活使他不由得怀念起过去。

　　布兰克（约翰·库萨克 John Cusack 饰）是一名经验丰富的职业杀手，效忠于组织，深得上司的信赖与重用。然而，成日里躲躲藏藏打打杀杀的生活令布兰克感到十分疲惫，产生了金盆洗手的念头，可是，他所签署的合同却并不允许他有此想法。
　　这一次，布兰克的目标人物竟然生活在他的老家底特律，在那里，布兰克和曾经的女友德比（明妮·德里弗 Minnie Driver 饰）重逢了，这场意外的重逢让两人之间再度擦出了火花。之后，布兰克意外遭到袭击，凶徒是他的同行格罗希尔（丹·艾克罗伊德 Dan Aykroyd 饰），更让布兰克感到吃惊的是，他和格罗希尔所要刺杀的人，正是德比的父亲。

　　一次行動，殺手集團一口氣幹掉8名黑幫人物。買命人要求親眼看到該8個死人頭才肯付錢，集團唯有派出金牌劊子手湯美(祖柏斯飾)，來一次金盤洗手前的最後任務－－就是要運送新鮮熱辣的人頭去見大佬。為了掩大耳目，湯美將8個人頭塞滿入一個最最普通的藍色帆布旅行袋……

　　纽约布鲁克林黑人社区生活着各个族群的人：黑人、意大利移民、韩国人.....意大利移民Sal（丹尼·爱罗 Danny Aiello 饰）和他的两个儿子在这里经营一家比萨店很久了，Mookie（斯派克·李 Spike Lee 饰）在店里负责送外卖，经常和Sal的儿子闹矛盾。 Radio Raheem（Bill Nunn 饰）是一个喜欢提着一个收音机大声放着音乐到处走的年轻人。炎热的一天，黑人小伙Buggin' Out（吉安卡罗·埃斯波西托 Giancarlo Esposito 饰）发现比萨店墙上挂着的名人照片里没有一个黑人，十分不满；而Radio来到比萨店，却被Sal要求关掉收音机。心怀不满的Buggin' Out和Radio决定找Sal讨个说法，三人在争执中，Sal把Radio的收音机砸烂了。Radio大怒，便和Sal打了起来。警察赶来了，围观的人也越来越多，一场种族间的暴乱即将到来......
　　本片被提名62届奥斯卡最佳男配角、最佳改编剧本，本片的成功使黑人导演斯派克李在好莱坞大放异彩。

　　David（杰森·苏戴奇斯 Jason Sudeikis 饰）是丹佛的毒贩子，生活过得有滋有味。一个夜里，和David住在同一个公寓的十八岁男孩Kenny（威尔·保尔特 Will Poulter 饰）看见一个流浪女孩正被人勒索，便出手相助。David不忍心看到Kenny被小混混们欺负，也加入战局，无奈寡不敌众，救人不成反而全副身家被抢走。原本已负债累累的David只能接受他的老板交给他的一个任务——去墨西哥运一批大麻回美国。为了掩人耳目，David找来同住同一座公寓的脱衣女郎Rose（詹妮弗·安妮斯顿 Jennifer Aniston 饰）、Kenny还有那个流浪女孩Casey（艾玛·罗伯茨 Emma Roberts 饰）假冒米勒一家，开着一辆房车直奔墨西哥而去。这冒牌家庭在一路上历经艰辛，能否顺利将毒品运输回国？

屈小乔（郑秀文 饰）是一名杂志记者，每次遇男友分手，都要拿回自己的床褥。杂志总编安排她跟进警方代言人高志强（古天乐饰）性无能的消息。其实志强在一次追踪犯人的时候，产生了阴影因此不举。小乔多次试探仍无进展却爱上了志强，得知志强的过去后，小乔认为他们的爱情不一定需要性来维持。但小乔却找到自己的前男友Raymond( 刘青云 饰)解决自己的生理需要。Raymond在法院邂逅只得18岁的阿塔（蔡卓妍饰），因Raymond认为阿塔只是个小女孩，故也不能从小女友身上得到需要。 高志强性无能的事被揭发，志强认为是小乔告诉了自己的老板，只好分手。二人复合后，高志强重遇了当年令他产生阴影的匪徒，一枪声响，阴影尽消。

特蕾莎（米娜?唐德 Mina Tander 饰）和艾利克斯（沃坦?威尔克?莫林 Wotan Wilke M?hring 饰）结婚已经十五年之久了。两人之间原先的激情已经被时间消磨的一干二净。特蕾莎是一名心理医生，但她无法解开深藏在丈夫内心里的锁链。艾利克斯是一名足球教练，尽管他在绿茵场上意气风发，但面对感情里的矛盾却软弱无力。 　　特蕾莎和艾利克斯爆发正常的次数越来越频繁，对现状无能为力的两人都想到了离婚，难道十五年的相依相伴最后就落得这样一个结果吗？在一个风雨交加的夜晚，两人之间再次爆发矛盾，一阵电闪雷鸣之后，他们震惊的发现，两人竟然交换了身体。

伊朗裔的美国女孩爱上了一个古怪双性恋男画家，在她父母要求下，必须举行一个波斯式的婚礼... 　　Cultures clash and families collide when an Iranian woman finds love with an eccentric bisexual artist.

　　明朝年间，镖师神青奉命押解生辰纲，途中遭迷烟蛊毒人突袭。生辰纲被劫，皇帝大怒，命特工局彻查此事。死里逃生的神青为洗清勾结劫镖人的冤屈，被迫加入皇家特工局，和一心替父申冤女扮男装的王兔妞组成拍档，誓要查出此事真相。二人在危机四伏的探案过程中逗趣不断耍宝不停，救太子、制解药一系列神操作，让探案之路笑料百出。这对欢喜冤家最终能否化解重重危机？两人日渐升温的感情又能否守得云开见月明？

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years) obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work Manhattan move Europe trip her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
　　The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.