在第二次世界大战后的岁月里洛杉矶的墨西哥裔美国人社区发展了低调文化在加利福尼亚州通过了一项法律之后司机通过液压改装将汽车车身低于其轮圈具有调整底盘高度的能力其绘画设计也非常具有个性主要表现西班牙文化影片就根据这一情况讲述了洛杉矶街头艺术家与其沉迷于跳跳车文化的家人之间所发生的故事Danny加布里埃尔·查瓦里亚 饰是一名墨西哥街头艺术家他与家人共同居住在东洛杉矶Danny利用他的涂鸦技能作画于跳跳车引擎罩帮助他的兄弟参加即将到来的乐土公园跳跳车大赛
原本打算脱离男妓行业潜心研究鱼类米特·德斯·比格劳罗伯·施奈德 Rob Schneider 饰生活并非一帆风顺这六年来他的妻子凯特遭到鲨鱼袭击身亡而他正在研究的机器也在海边引起一场混乱最终成为通缉犯万般无奈之下米特应皮条客T·J·希克斯Eddie Griffin 饰之邀来到性都阿姆斯特丹希克斯在这里将男妓事业越做越大拥有自己的豪华游艇与此同时阿姆斯特丹内开始出现男妓杀手接连有名声显赫的舞男遇害而希克斯更阴差阳错成为嫌疑人 为了找到真正的凶手并洗刷好友的罪名米特不得已再次进入男妓行业开始一段惊险刺激的旅程……
某日突然在公司地下停车场被绑架的女人姜艺媛 饰试图逃脱的故事 本片为2007年P2车库惊魂的韩国翻拍
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;s early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality though using sex for several years; obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich eg, her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude but unseen work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, yet the symbolism is rich he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy is, in fact a virgin, and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played The scene between Josh and Jane a wonderful, young Edie Falco quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;s idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the quot;unbelievable truthquot; of the title is, yet no two people can agree including our hero on what exactly that truth is A wonderful little movie with some big ideas
