Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...
In Meshal Aljaser’s exhilaratingly madcap thriller, a young woman stranded in the Arabian desert races to be home before curfew under the threat of extreme punishment from her scary strict father.
八公(Forest 饰)是一条谜一样的犬,因为没有人知道它从哪里来。教授帕克(理查·基尔 Richard Gere 饰)在小镇的火车站拣到一只走失的小狗,冥冥中似乎注定小狗和帕克教授有着某种缘分,帕克一抱起这只小狗就再也放不下来,最终,帕克对小狗八公的疼爱感化了起初极力反对养狗的妻子卡特(琼·艾伦 Joan Allen 饰)。八公在帕克的呵护下慢慢长大,帕克上班时八公会一直把他送到车站,下班时八公也会早早便爬在车站等候,八公的忠诚让小镇的人家对它更加疼爱。有一天,八公在帕克要上班时表现异常,居然玩起了以往