At first glance, it seems like an ordinary sports movie based on Kendo. Jaewoo, who joins the national team selection process, is treated as a soon-to-be eliminated player from the first day. However, IRON MASK does not simply follow the typical sports movie formula. It sets the tension high early on, by showcasing an intense confrontation between Jaewoo and the unbeatable top-ranked player, Taesu. From there, it gradually reveals why Jaewoo is there, peeling away the layers of his story like an onion. Thus, the film expands beyond being just a sports movie and veers into sharp psychological drama. The sharpness of Jaewoo’s emotions is vividly reflected in his Kendo, while also representing the challenges he must unravel in his life. The ending is quite thought-provoking. The captivating cinematography exudes the excitement of Kendo matches in an electrifying way, making IRON MASK worthy of note. (Rhana JANG)
Like Fritz Lang, David Fincher or Bong Joon Ho before him, talented debut filmmaker Lado Kvataniya uses the concept of police detective vs serial killer for an excitingly stylised, macabre and haunting narrative, that ultimately revolves around the identity of an era: in this case, the late 1980s Soviet Union. With Glasnost and the end of communist rule, the West also learned of the (unsurprising) fact that there were serial killers in Russia too – the most notorious case probably that of Andrei Chikatilo, nicknamed the Rostov Ripper, or the Russian Hannibal Lecter. Based on these and many other sources, Kvataniya and screenwriter Olga Gorodetskaya constructed an immersive psychological puzzle, jumping back and forth in time, to reveal ever new-possible motives for the actions of all the protagonists. It all starts in 1990, when Detective Issa Davydov is celebrating his promotion and receives a call, reporting a crime that looks precisely like the ones of the serial killer that he famously captured some years before ...
《宝贝快跑》讲述的是李威饰演的服装设计师托尼来到佛山寻找灵感，发现自己的信用卡被限制使用。身无分文的他随后遭遇抢劫，幸得刘雨欣饰演的喜爱跑酷的少女阿宝相助，两人由此发生了一系列有趣的事。
查理(亚当·桑德勒 Adam Sandler饰)是一个9•11的直接受害者，他的妻儿和爱狗都在这场灾难中丧生。查理从此一蹶不振，严重的自闭抑郁。他已经习惯了每天踩着电动滑车，戴着大耳机在街头行尸走肉般游荡，心灵巨大的创伤让他回归不了正常的生活。 艾伦（唐·钱德尔 Don Cheadle 饰）则是一个表面看来非常幸福的男人，有成功的事业和美满的家庭，然而他承受的生活压力是常人无法理解的，他的内心在暗暗苦撑。 直到有一天，艾伦在街头遇上了查理。得知这个老同学为何变得如此颓唐后，艾伦心里便下定决心也帮他一把，让他从低谷中走出来。他们一起谈心，游戏，慢慢的发现彼此的心灵都从窒息中苏醒过来。
