UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship.
After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
Cineplex. International Village. 之前只有Park Theatre在播，还一直挺想看的，结过心心念念，就这个？？？一言难尽的无聊，是的，是无聊，都算不上烂，纯粹觉得不知道为何要这样的平铺直叙，只记得在一个又一个的casino喝了一杯又一杯Double, neat, whiskey. 还有去一家motel就全屋裹被套，这两件事了
没有上一部《第一归正会》好看 施拉德真的一直在重复布列松加陀思妥啊 赌博跟复仇绑在一起感觉脸不到一块儿
不要被片名骗了，只是个复仇的故事，还是为别人复仇的故事。
前一个小时几度要睡过去，最后半小时蛮有趣，最后一幕又很糟糕……片子题材挺有意思的，男主角很会演很帅，总之看完让人有点纠结要不要推荐……
[2021.09.29 @K11AH] +，摄影、构图、色调都挺好的，剧本太弱了。
想起了PTA的赌城纵横，故事简单却处处透着作者的气息。情节没那么复杂算计，也没有浮夸的爱恨纠葛，有的只是一个祈求宽恕的男人。最好的一点还在于不煽情。
Tell和Crik的对白将表达引向了另一种思考，暴力的归因究竟是functionalism还是intentionalism？类似于对纳粹德国和希特勒针对犹太人大屠杀行为研究中的观点，本片中在封闭的监禁过程中发生单向的暴力行为同样也可以从这两方面讨论，即是权力最高层的意识最大化，或者累积式激进下的恶行。作为施暴者去揭开这段心理创伤时的态度与受阴影折磨而选择自杀的施暴者的后代状态去观点对撞，是催生日后一切行为的原点。
蛮平平无奇的，赌博、复仇、救赎哪条线都没讲好，不是结局监狱和足足五分钟的食指相碰的话可能只想打两个星（🤤谁的爹
看着还不错的卡司阵容，装得特深沉地演了个B级片。
监狱VR，感觉就像是没有贴好的hdr环境贴图。一个关于自我救赎的故事。
这是在干什么？赌博和救赎（或是复仇）两条线之间看不出任何关联的地方 唯一一场还不错的戏就是具体表现玩德扑的紧张局势的那一幕了 （奥依旧好好看
救命 奥斯卡真的狠狠戳我xp😍😍谢谢老爷子 很好代真的 7.5 故事真是讲得不疾不徐啊
同茨威格的《象棋的故事》一样，你以为在讲技艺，其实在讲对人性的屠杀。这么好的题材，怎么拍得跟赌圣一个样？
没字幕听Oscar Isaac讲牌的规则我就开始困
本片是保罗·施拉德对布列松式超验风格的临摹。背负虐囚、军事监狱罪孽的ptsd主角企图通过沉湎赌场洗刷灵魂深处的恐惧，鱼眼镜头下血腥凶残的虐囚闪回直指关塔那摩监狱种种泯灭人性的罪行，身穿星条旗的赌徒连胜是一种对美国国家权威的隐喻。然而施拉德终究否定了赎罪、解脱的可能性，人终将被创伤和罪孽吞噬。
虽然我看的很懵,但是这个影像风格实在是太强了
除了回忆中扭曲的监狱还令人耳目一新外，其他部分实在是不行……开头的气势让我以为他有什么惊天大计划，没想到最后变成失足少年拯救片。
种族文化大旗深入骨髓了，现在非得一部电影里主角肤色对半才足够政治正确吗？
赎罪的本质是悔恨，而沉浸在计算里的是麻痹，到最后，只有在挣扎着以为原谅自己的一瞬，真正的原谅才刚刚开始。如何克服罪恶的过去，如何击败路上潜伏的恶魔，或许爱很重要，但只有死亡会终结一切。
很有腔调的一部电影，就即便单独把算牌人的戏份拍出来，没有救赎的戏份都是很酷的，加上以后以及结尾，真的就很累赘了。影片节奏还是偏慢了一点。
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