Dirty Affair (1990)
An explosive, provocative drama about power, lust and love, as timely as today's events.
장르 : 드라마, 스릴러, 범죄
상영시간 : 2시간 0분
연출 : Lino Brocka
각본 : Ricardo Lee
시놉시스
A teenage boy befriends a starlet who is having an affair with an ambitious mayor. As the elections are coming up, the mayor's wife wants him to get rid of his mistress. The starlet agrees to stop the affair on condition that the mayor help release her boyfriend from jail. The mayor does so, but wants the former jail-bird to kill his political rival.
갑자기 전 세계의 뛰어난 외모와 운동신경을 가진 여자아이들이 전염병처럼 사라져 간다. CIA는 이 사건을 수사하지만 곧 미궁에 빠지고 만다. 이 납치의 배후에는 여자아이들을 전문 암살범으로 훈련시키려는 마담 M이 숨어 있다. 그로부터 6년 후... 위치 추적이 불가능한 감옥 같은 곳에서 철저한 감시 속에 체력 훈련과 테러교육을 받아오던 아이들은 가장 강한 자만이 살아 남을 수 있는 프로그램에 투여되고 살아남기 위해 친구마저 죽음으로 몰아야하는 살인 병기로 키워진다. 프로그램에 살아남은 아이들은 마지막 시험 무대에 오른다. 사방이 가로막힌 철창 속에서 벌이는 죽음의 서바이벌 게임. 결국, 샬린(매기 큐), 캣(안아), 질(이행지)만이 살아남아 세계 최고의 암살자가 된다. 그리고 이들은 스페인과 필리핀, 홍콩 등지에서 각종 테러에 투입되고 마지막으로 홍콩에서 한 남자를 살인하라는 임무를 맡고 작전에 투입된다. 그러나 샬린은 그곳에서 오래 전 헤어진 엄마를 만나면서 충격을 받고, 이로 인해 CIA요원 잭(오언조)과 마주친다. 잭은 샬린의 과거를 되찾아 주고, 마담M을 제거하겠다고 약속하는데...
발 없는 새처럼 정착하지 못하고 날아다닐 수 밖에 없는 아비. 바람기 많은 그는 축구경기장 매표소에서 일하는 수리진을 매일 찾아온다. 수리진은 그를 경계하면서도 자연스럽게 끌리고 만다. 곧 이들은 사랑에 빠지고, 수리진은 아비와 결혼을 생각하지만 아비는 관심 밖의 일이다. 아비는 루루를 만나 또다른 사랑을 시작하고, 수리진과 멀어진다. 수리진은 아비의 집에 짐을 찾으러 갔다가 경찰관을 만나고 그에게서 위로를 받는다. 루루와의 사랑도 식어갈 때 쯤, 아비는 양어머니에게서 친어머니가 있는 곳을 알아내고 필리핀으로 가는데...
1941년 12월, 일본의 침략에 맞서 필리핀을 방어하기 위해 존 브리클리 중위가 이끄는 어뢰정 부대가 마닐라로 급파된다. 하지만 존의 부대는 환영받기는커녕 주둔 부대의 놀림감이 된다. 작은 어뢰정은 도움이 되지 않는다며 존의 부대를 무시하고, 본부에 구축함을 요청하는 해군의 행태에 존의 부하 라이언은 분노한다. 그러나 일본군이 진주만을 습격했다는 비보가 전해지고, 곧 일본군의 공격이 시작되는데, 전투가 진행될수록 전장에서 효율적으로 움직이며, 효과적으로 적의 배를 공격해 침몰시키는 어뢰정의 활약이 돋보인다. 하지만 전투력에서나 수적으로나 열세였던 미군은 점점 수세에 몰리고, 섬을 일본군에 빼앗길 위기에 처한다. 2차 세계대전 당시 어뢰정(PT boats)을 몰고 참전했던 미 해군의 활약을 그리고 있는데, 제목에서 어뢰정 부대를 해군이 어떻게 생각했는지 알 수 있다. 병사들의 모습이나 전투 장면은 매우 사실적으로 느껴지며, 전쟁이 끝날 무렵 미국이 승리를 앞둔 시기에 만들었음에도 영화 속에는 패배의 어두운 그림자가 드리워져 있다.
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