弗兰克（尼古拉斯·凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰）是一名大型动物禁猎区的管理员，这一次，他参与了一项非常危险的任务，那就是护送一艘载满了珍奇而又危险的大型动物的船只，从亚马逊驶往希腊。船上除了野生动物外，还有更危险的生物存在，那就是老道而又狡猾的杀手劳夫乐（凯文·杜兰 Kevin Durand 饰）。 果不其然，在行程中，劳夫乐甩掉了负责看管他的警察，放出了关在牢笼里的凶猛而又致命的猛兽，一时之间，正艘轮船陷入了混乱之中。身为负责人的弗兰克，不仅要保证野生动物们不被伤害，也肩负着船员们的性命，还要追捕危险的逃犯。
【紅色羊齒草的故鄉】（Where the Red Fern Grows）在美國是由迪士尼發行ＤＶＤ等影音產品，但是本片其實有點命多舛，當初原本於１９９９年就製作拍攝，但後來由於製片公司經營上發生問題，本片就被束之高閣，直到２００３年５月才首度在 Tribeca 影展上推出，影音產品的發行代理權利，則是由美國迪士尼拿下，於２００４年推出。 【紅色羊齒草的故鄉】 改編自 Wilson Rawls 暢銷多年的原名小說，過去早在１９７４年這部小說就曾經被搬上大銀幕，該部同名的老電影在台灣的譯名卻是【風雨奪標】。新版本的【紅色羊齒草的故鄉】同樣是改編自原本的名著題材。本故事的背景是發生在全世界最棒的浣熊狩獵區──奧沙克山區，主角則是一位十歲的男孩 Billy Coleman ，他一直渴望能夠擁有屬於自己的獵犬，經過辛苦的工作，Billy 終於如願以償，得到了他的一對獵犬－ Old Dan 以及 Little Ann ，在爺爺和爸爸的幫忙下，他將兩隻獵犬訓練成受狩獵高手，男孩與狗在朝夕相處之下，也培養出堅定不移的深厚情誼。為了贏得當地人舉辦的浣熊狩獵比賽， Billy 和爺爺、爸爸帶著狗兒們進入山區，不料爺爺卻不慎傷了腳，而且為了抓到決定勝負關鍵的浣熊，兩隻狗兒們義無反顧地衝入暴風雪中，擔憂狗兒安危的 Billy 也隨後而來，卻遇到山區最令人膽寒的山獅，自己也陷入險境，幸好狗兒們及時相救他才能脫險…片中男孩與狗之間的真情頗為動人，觀眾隨著主角 Billy 一同經歷生命中的歡喜與悲傷，體會生命與成長的課題。 本片由 Lyman Dayton 以及 Sam Pillsbury 共同執導，同時他們也是本片的編劇。在片中飾演主角男孩的是 Joseph Ashton ，他的父親以及爺爺則分別由 Dave Matthews 和 Dabney Coleman 擔任，母親則由 Renee Faia 擔任，其他演員還包括有 Ned Beatty 、Mac Davis 、Kris Kristofferson …等等，本片的配樂部分則是由 Jeff Cardoni 所負責。本片曾經在 Heartland 影展中獲得 Crystal Heart Award 的殊榮。
Deserves recognition as an interesting misunderstanding of the hallucination generation, 20 January 2007 Author TimothyFarrell from Worcester, MA Wild in the Streets comes from the same school of film making that spawned other attempts to connect to the counterculture such as Skidoo and Candy. The difference between this and the aforementioned films is that Wild in the Streets is reasonably clever and well-made. It isn't sympathetic to the counterculture and will likely offend those with fond memories of the time. Surprisingly, it was a big hit when released and appealed to the youth whom it ridiculed so much. Unlike The Trip and Psych-Out (two other AIP films), its not an accurate representation of the movement at all. However it does work as social satire. The direction by Barry Shear is good and makes innovative use of split screen photography. Plus, he keeps everything moving at a quick pace. In its funny moments, the film works well. In its attempts at drama, its helplessly dated and just as funny as the humorous moments. Christopher Jones underplays his role and Shelly Winters overacts. Hal Holbrook offers the best performance and Diane Varsi achieves the right note of grooviness. The script by Robert Thom has its moments, especially the ending (easily the most ingenious part of the film). Wild in the Streets isn't perfect, but deserves recognition as an interesting misunderstanding of the hallucination generation. Those into this kind of kitsch will enjoy it the most. I'd rather watch The Trip or Psych-Out however. (610) -from imd
