Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley'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 (e.g., 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 ("I'm a mechanic"), 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 . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood'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 "unbelievable truth" 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.
现代童话, 一个包容一切的母亲（jamie的控诉可能也是真心的)。各种会遇到的问题和家人以及周边的关系都浅尝辄止的点到了。This was me这一段我很喜欢，捯回去看音乐剧原来是新加入的。各有取舍，我都挺喜欢的，毕竟drag算是小众。
基友麦克被boss轻松放倒，boss被詹姆斯轻松击毙，这是一部动作片？
枪戏太没意思了 最后一段的演技很棒 上去下来的一推吓死我了哈哈哈
一般般吧，哪有实力这么弱的特战队啊。。。情节前后不搭，牵强
男主从摩托车上被推下去的一刻我惊到了，有同感的举手。
前半段不想干承包商的铺垫也太冗余了。剧情散乱，拗一个被美国暗杀的拯救世界科学家，男主被抛弃然后复仇的俗套故事
中東裔科學家藏流感病毒機密⋯繼災難片後，爽片也開始玩爛梗了
风格想模仿碟影重重那种冷峻的特工电影类型，可还是差了些… 杰克鲍尔客串反派，真的好了很多，被军队抛弃的男主做了承包商执行特工任务其实自己就是弃子做的也是不光彩的暗杀，街头枪战还是拍的不错的，败笔是没有展现特工的作战战术和技巧，经费少也不能这样啊… 拿手枪跟屋子里拿狙击枪的干？你这是在干啥呢…
着实还是中年危机惹的祸呀...剧情台词挺考究，整个格局比较沉重压抑，也预示着前方的路充满阴霾，不同于推翻阴谋的孤胆英雄，这确实是个沉重心塞的故事。派恩这眼神越来越像本尼西奥德尔托罗了
太平淡了，任务前就知道是反派自导自演了。都没有一点悬念～
抛开结尾的集体降智不谈，电影告诉我们一个道理：打工还是要认准头部企业，五险一金有保障。
不算难看…但是这类型片在前珠玉太多了…确实算不上好看。男主人设除了突出家庭为重以外没有任何突出的情感和三观，出任务被背叛被救复仇仿佛流水线…整个过程中虽然杀了无辜的人同僚害死了恩人和朋友，但最后拿钱回家的微微一笑，仿佛一切都好起来了…还好是派派，要不可能还得少颗星。
看了6分钟，对男主的铺垫也太多了，又一看见评分，顿时失去了兴趣。
呃，什么实验室？什么疫苗？什么…………我们可啥也没说哈，这可是你们自己人说的哈……
很一般的片子，你这到最后阴谋也太儿戏了吧？开头还有些意思，接着后来欧洲部分也还凑合，归国部分就是贼无趣，明显无法起到一个完美收官的作用，反而尽显本片的绵软无力。
PPS:这片出彩的头功应该是……那个声
喜乐中有真情，战斗中有音乐，比我们的苦大仇深、被和谐、小品电影强太多了！
他说他和他爸爸一模一样，so最后他是不是也像他爸爸一样，从此不再回家了？
Tell my son I didn't dead in my sleep.
最后男主呐喊不要成为父亲那样抛妻弃子的人，动作场面拍得很一般
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