In every movie that he watches, 16-year-old Andoy creates narratives that could help him find answers to the questions that have always bothered him: Who is he and who is his father? While the truth remains elusive, his imaginings remain unrealized until two movie-like characters appear in their barrio - Ariel, a hairdresser who lures young men with his inexplicable charm, and Isidro, a mysterious, long-haired man who owns a VCD player. Andoy finds himself entranced with Ariel and Isidro and begins to spend intimate time with them. As he gets entangled with their twisted lives, his reality becomes mystified. Just like the movies, Andoy must decide whether to conclude his years-long search for his father with a bang or with a whimper.
大卫·卢里(约翰·马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰)在开普敦一所大学持教,然而年过五旬的他却因诱骗并与女学生发生关系而被学校惩处。在学校组织的听证会上,大卫对校方的指控供认不讳,却没有半丝悔改之意。被迫辞职的大卫来到山区小镇女儿露西(杰西卡·海恩斯 Jessica Haines 饰)的农场,却意外遭遇入室抢劫以及三个歹徒对女儿实施强奸,大卫因自己的无能为力感到十分自责,可是女儿对这件事情的冷处理态度则让大卫大动肝火,加之女儿对黑人邻居的一再让步则让他更为不解。大卫感觉到羞耻,他感觉自己就像狗一样活着…… 该片改编自同名诺贝尔文学奖获奖小说,并于2008年获得中东电影节最佳影片奖以及多伦多电影节的国际影评人联盟奖。
根据真实事件,印度尼西亚巴厘岛发生抢劫案,四名来自国外的专业银行劫匪和ATM机破坏者在巴厘岛横冲直撞。劫匪闯入一家钱币兑换中心的办公室后,将多名职员殴打至昏迷不醒。这些职员清醒后,发现嘴巴被贴上胶纸,他们自行脱身后向警方报案。巴厘岛警方正在紧追不舍地追捕劫匪。这几名劫匪非常的有经验,准备充分,下手迅速。还没等警方及时出警,他们就已经消失了。而且这伙匪徒十分的贪婪,另外多次策划了其他的抢劫案。不过在警长西卡的努力侦破下,警察很快发现了劫匪的漏洞和行踪。并且提前预判了了劫匪的下一个行动目标。就在劫匪们兴高采烈的开始新一次的抢劫时。警方赶到现场时,发现劫匪的行踪,立即展开追捕行动……
Go Gorilla Go is probably most notable for its strange title, and this carries over into the film; as while it takes obvious inspiration from some big genre classics; the film features some strange plotting and a storyline that is a bit unusual on genre terms. Director Tonino Valerii previously directed the excellent but complicated Giallo My Dear Killer and clearly has a talent for delivering convoluted story lines as Go Gorilla Go features one too! The film focuses on Marco; an undercover police officer who is also working as a body guard for a shady underworld figure. He's also got a brother who is not exactly squeaky clean and has contacts with a few other 'Gorillas' who are in the same line as he is. It's not long before our hero gets involved in a kidnap plot along with his brother and his underworld boss and this plot is ran parallel with a load of others and the whole thing gets rather complicated. Luckily, however, it's all spun together with a whole load of action scenes; many of which are really well done. We've got the usual compliment of car chases and fist fights, but the main standout is a sequence that sees the lead character trapped in an elevator with the bottom taken out. The final car chase, which involves a train a la The French Connection, is also very well executed. The lead role is taken by Fabio Testi and the actor looks the part and plays it well. The rest of the cast is filled out mostly by lesser known Italian actors, but they get on well as an ensemble and bad dubbing aside, the film is above average in the acting department. The way that the story flows does get a bit too confusing at times as we constantly switch from one thing to another, but at least the proceedings are kept entertaining for most of the duration, before exploding in the final third. This film is not very well known and as such has become rather hard to come by. In the grand spectrum of Italian police films; this one is not one of the more important ones or one of the best, but for anyone that considers themselves a fan of this genre; Go Gorilla Go is certainly worth a look and comes recommended.