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　　蘇聯在1982年開發了米格31噴氣機時，全世界大為驚恐，唯一對策只有盜取這架超性能之飛機，而有能力擔任此任務的就只有越戰空中英雄甘德，甘德終于被說服由退休生涯中復出，接受一連串的特種訓練后，前往俄國并與俄國特務數次交手，展開一場驚心動魄的激烈空戰……

 韓國首爾某個平凡的早上，廣播電臺Daily Topic節目的主持人尹英華（河正宇 飾）正就稅率改革與聽眾進行連線，這時一個自稱住在首爾昌信洞的普通工人樸魯圭打入電話，大肆抱怨超高的電費和相關部門對他的威脅。尹英華頗不耐煩，以偏離主題為由強行切斷電話。誰知連線無法單方面由電臺方面中斷，憤怒的樸魯圭繼續抱怨，并揚言炸掉漢江大橋。尹英華不以為然，進而慫恿對方想做就做，誰知話音剛落，窗外的麻浦大橋便炸作廢墟。大驚失色的尹英華很快冷靜下來，他決定利用這次難得的機會打一次事業的翻身仗。在他的主持下，針對恐怖分子的連線直播就此展開，無關良知的節目拉開帷幕……

　　現代東京，三位女性——愛、瑪麗、杏珠——在繁忙與孤獨的?活中尋找愛與?我。某?，她們?同前往溫泉旅?，在閃爍的燈光與笑聲之間，?道神秘的閃光將她們帶入時空裂縫。當她們再次睜眼，眼前已成為?個充滿異?與絢爛的幻夢世界——「仮想?吉原」。在這座融合江?、?正與現代意象的花街中，她們分別化身為花魁「三浦太夫」、「薄桜」、「富?太夫」，成為欲望、權?與愛情交錯的舞臺中?。

　　Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.　　Delving deep into the dusty and long abandonded vaults of b-cinema in search of lost gems always leaves me with a bittersweet taste. On one hand the discovery of unexpected gems where no one would think them possible is a rewarding experience. On the other hand though it makes one wonder how many of these remarkable low-budget oddities, personal love affairs of directors never quite famous and now all but forgotten, have almost forever slipped from memory?　　n any case what we have here is a little post-apocalyptic gem from Poland that is really better than it has any right to. The dystopian near future of O-BI, O-BA finds a group of survivors of the nuclear war that ravaged the Earth inhabiting an underworld concrete bunker and biding their time as they wait for the mysterious Ark, an air ship of some kind that will come and save them. The Ark proves to be an elaborate hoax, carefully designed to give hope to the malnourished and desperate denizens of the bunker, while in the meantime the dome that separates their miserable existence from the nuclear winter outside is slowly caving in.　　What first striked me about the movie is the design of the bunker and the depiction of the survivors. The survivors are gaunt, filthy and terrible-looking penitents, dressed in rags and aimlessly wandering the neon-lit halls of the bunker like automatons. The bunker is a rundown, seedy place, with bright neon lights peering from all sides like the eyes of malignant beasts.　　On one hand it is a slightly 80's depiction of the dystopian future but the movie never stoops down to MAD MAX cheese. Instead it combines biting political satire with the bleak outlook of a world with no future, black comedy with barbs on apathy, religion and power. The survivors, for example, are fed some kind of flour dropping from a tube that hovers in the air - later on we discover the food supervisor uses books and the Bible itself as filler for this meagre meal. There are many such short symbolic touches, perhaps not life-changing or faith-restoring, yet playful, clever and inspired.　　One thing is for sure; O-BI, O-BA is not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi schlock. It overcomes its modest budget with creativity and has genuine artistic aspirations both from a writing and directing perspective. My opinion is that it should have been filmed in black and white instead of colour though. The director uses atmospheric light and shadow to great effect and it would have registered even better in stark black and white. The blue-green neon on the other hand outstays its welcome after a while. Just a minor gripe in an otherwise solid b-movie with its heart set in all the right places.　　Imagine a less bleak THE ROAD (Cormac McCarthy) being injected with the satire and humour of DR.STRANGELOVE and you're getting there. See it if you can find it.