佛利奇·牟司是一个工作作风懒散、被动的员工,在一个类似生物科学研究所的单位工作。一位同事去世以后,他被提升起来专为这个集团的创始人兼负责人——阿日牟司·史韦特写演讲稿。他把这个作为从感情上疏远他妻子的借口:他发现他妻子正在和一个名叫杰夫·利科奇科的牙医有婚外情,当牟司忙于写演讲稿的同时而科奇科正沉迷于一个名叫艾尔莫原新病人的恋情之中,艾尔莫是一位精神病,每天满街游荡四处勾引寂寞的已婚妇…… 史蒂文.索德伯格(Steven Soderbergh)不仅在半自传体的《性、谎言和录像带》和《兹佐伯利斯一家》(由其一家三口主演的影片,表现他们的家庭生活)中积极剖析自己的生活,还主动承认自己在《卡夫卡》、《控制之下》和《兹佐伯利斯一家》中所进行的艺术实验没有让观众满意,但他坚信这三部影片连同他的早期短片对他的事业及成长至关重要。 史蒂文.索德伯格(Steven Soderbergh)1986年所执导的作品,成为当年电影的票房毒药。本片又取名《变态城》,确实片中的BT镜头令人费解。例如:光着屁股在大街上骑自行车,在床上拒绝和妻子做爱,而自渎,等等场面确实有够变态。很多朋友看完这部作品感觉凌乱,不明白什么意思。导演肯定有他自己的意图,要不这部片子也不叫《变态城》了,呵呵。本片中由导演索德伯格本人的亲身担任主要演出,并且饰演了两个重要的角色,男主角生活凌乱,思想变态。八年前,一个名为堡垒的独立全球间谍机构,被新兴的犯罪集团曼提柯尔所摧毁。精英特工梅森·凯恩(理查德·麦登 饰)和纳迪亚·辛格 (朴雅卡·乔普拉 饰)死里逃生,而他们的记忆也被抹去。八年后,梅森的前同事伯纳德·奥立克(斯坦利·图齐 饰)请求他帮忙阻止曼提柯尔建立新的世界秩序。The story of the relationship between the King who is renown for his ruthlessness and his subject who became his trusted steersman. They met when the King decided to disguise himself as commoner to see how his subject was doing. He befriend a commoner after a fight to decide who should win the girl's hand. They become blood brother and the commoner was assigned to be his steersman. When there was an assassination attempt at the King, the steersman tried to evade the threat and cause the boat to run aground with death penalty. It's time to see if the friendship is stronger than the rule of law that the King must have absolute authority over the life of his subject regardless of their personal relationship.