《倒计时》是一部以英国为背景的悬疑剧,主要讲述了一群人在一次意外的事件后,发现自己被卷入了一场复杂且危险的阴谋中,他们必须共同努力,解开谜团,找出背后的真相,并设法逃脱这个无法逃脱的命运。在这个过程中,友情、信任与背叛交织,每个人都面临着自己的内心挣扎和道德抉择。豆瓣内容:The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years.At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with.But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood.I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential.by D.R. [email protected]. 珍妮·艾加特饰演的艾米,一位勇敢的记者:“我相信,只要我们不放弃,总能找到真相。”2. 布莱恩·马歇尔饰演的杰克,一个充满智慧的科学家:“时间就是生命,每一秒都至关重要。”3. 西蒙·沃德饰演的罗伯特,一位神秘的富商:“秘密总是有代价的,但真相的价值无可估量。”在这部剧中,珍妮·艾加特、布莱恩·马歇尔与西蒙·沃德饰演的角色分别代表了勇气、智慧与权力,他们的对话和行动推动着剧情的发展,揭示了一个关于人性、权力与真相的故事。