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　　Mike Regan（皮尔斯·布鲁斯南 饰）拥有他想要的一切：美满的家庭，一栋顶级的全智能别墅，而他的公司则将彻底改变航空业。直到他信赖的ITguy因为Regan一家的冷落而失去理智，开始跟踪他的女儿，监视他的生活….往日依赖的全智能家居和汽车系统如今成为最大的安全隐患。随着隐私的全面暴露，Regan一家陷入前所未有的恐慌，一场个人隐私和现代科技的博弈就此展开……

　　康拉德（Klaus Löwitsch 饰）是前东德人民军特种部队的一名老兵。他受在阿富汗阵亡的战友之托，照顾战友的儿子罗伯特（托马斯·克莱舒曼 饰）。两德统一后，康拉德在一家大型能源企业担任保安，而安保主管正是罗伯特。在某新型能源系统上线前夜，一批对西德不满的前东德犯罪分子谋划破坏这一系统的上线，意外地被罗伯特撞线。接着，罗伯特惊讶地发现，康拉德居然是这些犯罪者的内应......

　　市井骗子小庄（林更新 饰）机智却爱耍小聪明，以一双“快手”行走江湖，赌局中被“枪手”李若云（张静初 饰）威胁，踏上找回传国玉玺的寻宝之路。途中二人默契配合，与老顽童石佛（腾格尔 饰）、金三娘（刘晓庆 饰）夫妻二人组成“夺宝者联盟”，与觊觎国宝的宋静之（锦荣 饰）等斗智斗勇，夺宝途中一段段故事让人啼笑皆非……

　　Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop?
　　Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller.
　　The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narration/voice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters.
　　Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppie/violence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with "black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge.
　　However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.