淫乱艺妓回忆录

　　影片以黑帮老大（马尔科姆·麦克道威尔 Malcolm McDowell 饰）第一人称的角度讲述了六十年代伦敦血雨腥风的黑帮恩怨。
　　名不见经传的街头小混混（保罗·贝坦尼 Paul Bettany 饰）幸运地成为了在当时伦敦城呼风唤雨的黑帮老大佛莱迪（大卫·休里斯 David Thewlis 饰）的手下。纸醉金迷的生活诱惑着他，金钱和地位更加让他心驰神往。佛莱迪似乎拥有一切至高无上的权利，走到哪里都只手遮天，吃香喝辣。不仅如此，佛莱迪生活奢侈又有品味，笔挺的西装和优雅的举止，更加使得小混混充满着羡慕和妒忌。渐渐地，这赤裸裸的欲望开始膨胀变质，在勾心斗角的黑帮势力开始交锋的时候，他甚至趁机想取代老大的位置。

　　Beauty contest winner Patricia Knight's one bid for screen stardom was Columbia's Shockproof. Knight plays Jenny Wright, a convicted murderess paroled in the care of probation officer Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde). What begins as an aloof professional relationship eventually blossoms into romance. The fly in the ointment is shady Harry Wesson (John Baragrey), the gambler who inveigled Jenny into committing murder. The girl is torn between creature comforts offered her by Wesson and the promise of a clean life offered by Griff. This early Douglas Sirk effort contains a smattering of the stylistic touches which distinguished his later work.The screenplay was written by famed director Samuel Fuller, known for his gritty realism and hard-boiled style.
　　~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

　　两位来自不丹的高僧千里迢迢来到西雅图，寻找他们一位先师的转世灵童，他们找到了九岁的小男孩杰西（阿历克斯·文森丹吉 Alex Wiesendange 饰），希望带他回寺庙接受验证。杰西的父母答应带儿子远赴不丹，在和喇嘛的相处中，他们断断续续讲述了一个引人入胜的故事，从佛祖释迦牟尼还是迦毗罗卫国太子悉达多（基努·里维斯 Keanu Reeves 饰）的时候开始说起，他如何一路看尽万众苦难，最终舍弃太子身份和富贵生活，修行得道成佛的经过。从西方到东方，从一个故事到另一个故事，九岁的杰克人生也就此发生改变……