勾魂游戏

　　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 ...

　　一名侦探小说作家（Robert Downey Jr. 饰）躺在医院病榻上构思新作情节：一名愤世嫉俗的私家侦探一到夜晚摇身一变成为乐团主唱歌手，故事主人翁被卷入1950年代洛杉矶一宗妓女凶杀案……随着病情加剧，他渐渐无法分辨故事与现实，精神状态陷入疯狂边缘……

　　宋辽经历多年干戈，龙争虎战，势均力敌。终得杨六郎、杨八妹镇守边关，天下始得太平。但辽邦萧太后入主中原之野心仍未休止，断情绝义，要以辽人国运，孤注一掷，成就大业。萧太后狠下决心借助任道安力量，以七年竭力经营设下内藏可怖力量，无人能攻、无人能破之"天门阵"，誓要再掀战端，直进中原。面对辽军妖阵，宋军兵将节节败退，死伤惨重。主帅杨六郎身受重伤，孟良、焦赞赶回京城向佘太君求援。太君对"天门阵"也无计可施，命排风即刻起程去寻找奇人程刚，此人乃任道安门下高徒，曾与天波府有过一面之交。在国子监潜心求学的杨宗宝得知国难将至，毅然拜别恩师回到天波府以助一臂之力排风自程刚处得知，只有到位于辽宋边界高山险地的穆柯寨求得其镇山之宝-降龙木，方可破解"天门阵"。杨宗宝不顾众人劝阻，只身前往穆柯寨，太君急令排风和五娘、七娘前去相助。年轻气盛的宗宝先是拜见穆柯寨寨主碰了一鼻子灰，而后又夜闯穆柯寨却被寨主之女穆桂英戏弄了一番，宗宝深知此战牵系社稷安危强压心中怒火与穆桂英暗中斗智。心高气傲的穆桂英没想到杨宗宝年纪轻轻却计谋过人，移行换影、调虎离山，宗宝已轻松地闯入穆柯寨。不想黄雀在后，降龙木被辽国国师任道安派来的手下夺走。穆寨主一怒之下将排风等人扣为人质，宗宝答应一定将降龙木完璧归赵。在山寨边卡，宗宝和穆桂英遇到了盗取降龙木的辽人，交手之中，辽人点燃炸药，降龙木转眼间化为灰烬。降龙木被毁，穆寨主要宗宝信守诺言，宗宝答应一人承担。夜晚，翠萍探入牢中搭救宗宝，宗宝忽然想到可能中了辽人的障眼法，真正的降龙木应该还在山寨之中……此意正与穆桂英所想不谋而合，清晨，两人同时来到穆柯山内的无名水池，宗宝赶前一步拿到了藏于水中的降龙木。 穆寨主发现杨宗宝不知去向，正要斩杀排风等人，关键时刻宗宝赶到，将降龙木交至穆寨主手中，众人化险为夷。一行人离开了穆柯寨，在路上却遇到追来的穆桂英，她交还给宗宝一枚木制饰佩，是早晨宗宝无意间遗落的。看到木佩，宗宝蓦然想起年少时曾与穆桂英有过的一段渊缘……