尼克(威尔·法瑞尔 Will Ferrell 饰)只是一届小小推销员,在为公司做牛做马16年后,他非但没有得到晋升,反而落得了被残忍开除的下场,而尼克所获得的遣散补偿,竟然只是一把小小的军刀。老天爷似乎存心要和尼克作对,失意的他回到家后,眼见出现的景象简直让他抓狂。原来,妻子对终日浑浑噩噩的尼克失去了信任,她将他的所有家当扫地出门后更换了门锁拒绝再与尼克相见。
无家可归的尼克所拥有的全部就是身边的那一堆破破烂烂的垃圾,不甘于现状的他决定利用自己推销员的技能搞一个户外大甩卖。然而,正是这大甩卖让尼克找到了生活的方向,同时将名为撒玛利亚(丽贝卡·豪尔 Rebecca Hall 饰)的漂亮女人带到了他的身边。
Twenty years ago, old Mrs. Barlow was killed in her home at 12, Pimlico Square for her priceless rubies. The murderer searched the whole house without finding them, then disappeared. The house has been empty since then, but now Paul and Bella Mallen move into the apartment. Bella Mallen suffers from forgetfulness and nervousness - at least that is what her husband tells her. An elderly horse wrangler, B.G. Rough worked as a policeman twenty years ago and still remembers the unsolved case. He notices that Mr. Mallen looks just like Louis Barre, Mrs. Barlow's nephew. And why does Mr. Mallen so mysteriously leave every night just to go into the apartment next door, nr. 14?
前身是皇軍軍港的吳港,戰後成為船塢工人的生活煉獄。在資本家剝削和枯燥生活的雙重煎熬下,躁動的年輕生命,一頭栽進暴力漩渦,延擱成長,終日在打鬥、賭博、酗酒中尋找暫時的麻醉。吉田喜重通過工頭之眼,對不合理的社會現實作出欲迎還拒的批判,被視為日本新浪潮代表作之一。香山美子飾演純真的酒館女待,同情工人卻慘被強姦,正與負的能量,在大時代中比拼互滲,可有超越對與錯,是與非的位置?片末火車站送別一場,在家和社會之間,吉田喜重作出了左翼的選擇。 One of the key films ushering in the Shochiku New Wave era, this raw tale of migrant laborers at a post-war naval base simmers with youthful outrage. Responsible shipyard worker Shimazaki (Hayakawa) is put in charge of new recruits from Osaka. The immature gang quickly finds trouble drinking, gambling, and fighting, and eventually trespassing against what Shimazaki holds most dear - local bargirl Nobu. Revenge, honor, and loyalty are all called into question. Yoshida's groundbreaking film portrayed real social issues in an unromantic light, and paved the way for all the cinematic roughs to come. - SummerIFF 2007