As a string of brutal murders plague the city, two undercover detectives race to solve the mystery and unmask the killer. Their only clues: each victim is a former cop and each has a blood-red letter painted on their body. How many will have to die before the killer spells out their message in blood?
飓风后的奥尔良,全城陷入瘫痪。当地的监狱中,所有狱警和囚犯已全部撤离,却有一个囚徒被遗忘在这里。警官特伦斯•麦克多纳(尼古拉斯•凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰)和同事巡查牢房时发现了他,特伦斯出手相助。这个英勇举动使他晋升为中尉,但他的脊柱也受到严重损伤,从此只能靠药物缓解疼痛。不断加剧的疼痛令各种药物失去效力,特伦斯在这一过程中饱受折磨,他不得以求助毒品,身体和经济状况都接近崩溃边缘,脾气也越来越糟。一个英雄警察逐渐堕落。不久,城内发生一起灭门惨案,大毒枭达费特具有重大嫌疑。特伦斯受命调查此案,在这一过程中,他泯灭已久的良知逐渐复苏…… 本片荣获2009年威尼斯电影节Christopher D. Smithers Foundation特别奖。
I am Sergei Parajanov! shot a few months after Parajanov's death. Features archive photographs, his collages, the clips from Sayat-Nova (1968), Ashik Kerib (1988), the making of The Legend of the Surami Fortress (1984) and a few views of the house he lived.