An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know the news before it happens. A mysterious old man (John Philliber) grants the reporter that power, even as he cautions against using it. Now able to predict the news 24 hours in advance, the reporter goes about scooping all the other papers, picking sure-fire winners at the race track, and enjoying life... until he learns -- in advance, of course -- of his own death. Our hero's problem How can he keep the future from happening(imdb) 主人公每天晚上都收到一份次日早上出版的报纸,他获悉自己在数小时内即将毙命,然而他却幸存下来了。(乔治·萨杜尔《世界电影史》)
朱利安(瑞恩·高斯林 Ryan Gosling 饰)十年前因为一起谋杀从美国逃亡泰国避难,和哥哥比利(汤姆·伯克 Tom Burke 饰)在曼谷开了一家拳击俱乐部做幌子进行地下毒品交易。比利因为强奸并谋杀一位年仅十六岁的泰国少女遭到泰国警方的注意。少女的父亲在警察头子Chang(维他亚·潘斯林加姆 Vithaya Pansringarm 饰)的挑唆下杀了比利。朱利安和比利的生母克里斯朵(克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰)前往曼谷为长子收尸。复仇心切的克里斯朵见到软弱无能的次子朱利安不禁怒火中烧,雇了杀手想除掉一系列与比利死亡有关的人。朱利安本想就此放过Chang将此事了结,可是在母亲一步步疯狂的刺激和威逼之下不得不参与进这血腥的杀戮。
本片是导演尼古拉斯·温丁·雷弗恩与瑞恩·高斯林继《亡命驾驶》后合作的第二部影片。
It is winter in a prestigious all boys' boarding school, where children continue to practice age-old rituals and codes bound by years of hierarchy of the popular norm. Shay is picked at constantly, the main perpetrators being Arjun, the tall athletic sports captain and his best friend Baadal. Shay and Prithi, the spunky daughter of the new Junior School Principal are cast as Bassanio and Portia in the Founders Day production of Merchant of Venice. Murali, the charismatic drama teacher unknowingly adds salt to Baadal's wounds by casting him as Shay's understudy. Indignant, Baadal vows to get Shay's part at any cost and turns to his buddy Arjun for help. Events take a sinister turn when Shay walks in on Arjun, Baadal and their cronies on a debauched night.