白宫晚宴上总统布什招待各国首脑因杀死一千名毒贩而受到嘉奖的白头神探弗兰克莱斯利•尼尔森 Leslie Nielsen 饰以及能源界的诸位领袖人物也一同出席席间总统宣布由研究新能源的迈汉姆博士为政府的能源政策制定计划这令靠石油核能发家的能源界领袖们如临大敌当夜迈汉姆博士的研究所就遭遇了炸弹袭击弗兰克等人迅速赶到研究所却不期然与已经分手的珍普瑞希拉•普雷斯利 Priscilla Presley 饰再相见原来珍两年来一直在迈汉姆的研究所供职并且有了新的男友来自能源界的昆屯在追查炸弹杀手的过程中弗兰克发现其幕后老板居然是昆屯此时的昆屯正在计划绑架迈汉姆博士后用酷似博士的替身向总统进言发展核能弗兰克再次出手凭借自己搞砸一切的天赋挽救国家的未来……
瑟古德·马歇尔是第一位担任美国最高法院大法官的非裔美国人他从1967年开始在最高法院服务直到1991年退休为止；在任此职之前马歇尔担任「全国有色人种协进会」NAACP的律师协助1954年废除种族隔离政策的案件 「布朗控诉投陴卡教育局案」Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 赢得胜诉；他终其一生都致力于运用法律争取公民权和社会正义 瑟古德·马歇尔是美国20世纪的一位英雄他承接并胜诉的quot;布朗诉教育委员会案quot;导致美国废除了种族隔离法他后来成为美国最高法院法官始终致力于增进包括少数族裔妇女和移民在内的全体美国人的权利
雷维尔是名医生他的妻子被杀害了在葬礼上他遇到了负责侦探这个案件的警官他追问警官何时破案然后这个凶杀案最后却变成了没有线索没有凶手的无人问津的案子没人再管雷维尔思念妻子也更想弄明白妻子的死因一次尸检他发现了藏在死者身上的一枚钥匙这个死者叫乔纳森死于自杀他凭着这把钥匙追寻一路发现了很多的秘密也发现了和妻子被杀案有关的线索这时乔纳森的女儿出现了她为了探寻父亲的死因也和雷维尔一起开始侦查经过了很多紧张扣人心弦的经历之后雷维尔发现了惊人的秘密原来乔纳森不是自杀而是被他的女儿杀害的当乔纳森的女儿知道雷维尔已经察觉时便想要杀了雷维尔却被雷维尔杀死雷维尔进了监牢再次遇到侦探妻子案件的警官一切像是设计好的局雷维尔落入圈套
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
