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.
反转出乎意料却也合情合理。种姓、女性权益、放纵的公权力、操纵媒体……说教味有点重，但问题一直不解决只好一直说下去，至少还能说，但似乎只能说。
真正难的是起树疙瘩，当你把地面挖开，那张复杂的脉络才显露出冰山一角来。你觉得树根在地下可能只有半米见方大小，但无数条树根可能已经延伸到数米远的地下，跟土壤紧紧得结合在一起。
结局一段的处理方式没看懂啊。不塑造律师，也并没有把副督察弄得更丰满
投屏《爱情神话》时，顶上的字幕是澳门威尼斯人还是请24小时删除？
-----2022.7.14
2.5 肥皂剧改成电影真的欣赏不来，不如改名《老时代》
电影本身而言，说的太多，但内容雷同，靠旁白延伸前情后事，7分足矣。看看当下，政治那些肮脏事，一些狂妄的人，不能提问，不能质疑，醉生梦死奶头乐，借用情感，假以正义，说到底，这是个荒唐的世界。永远敬佩那些目标坚定勇敢捍卫的真正的勇士。
哎呀这电影我吃不消啊！
暗地使操纵自如 却不敢浮出水面 暗地令舆论走向 却不敢保留痕迹 暗地使秘密消失殆尽 却不敢长存一切尸体 暗地使革命流血 却不敢让血色永远鲜红 暗地使平民受苦 却不敢让旁观者永远记得 挑选那些柔软的来挫败那些强悍的 永远记得一到不再自欺欺人的时候 也就是看见希望萌芽的时候
“这就是政治。为了赢，会玩任何肮脏的游戏，政治家最大的武器知道是什么吗？情感!公众的情感!是疯狂，他们的思想，智慧还有决策都会被这种疯狂推翻。当他们因为这种情绪而忘记一切的时候，我们就能实现统治!” “当一条狗被杀死时，人们会去抗议，但当一个人被杀死时，连狗都不会有反应，这种信念从何而来？让提出问题的人闭嘴的政治，让指责的人戴上手铐的政治，但无论你如何试图让他们闭嘴，无论你把他们关进哪座监狱，都会有人提出问题，而且必须有人回答。”
我看到了一个评论，简单的说就是韩国在描述人性，日本在描述小人物的日常，印度在描述他们种姓制度下的一个奇特环境，而我们呢？？？
太太太打動人了。🌟這部電影給我一個美好的平安夜。🌟每個部分我都愛！這個電影對我而言是一個新的分水嶺，導演讓我相信，我們開始探索愛情了。❤️（生活有些變扭，但電影很美）
剧情挺好 就是律师刚出来那段 故意唱反调 而且几处逻辑让看的人想唱反调 这一点有点倒胃口 总的来说反转之处还行
能拍已经是很大的进步了，虽说改变不了什么，但火苗已经种下了，时间一长终会烧起来！
真理＞信仰＞尊严≈人性。真相只有一个，却敢编敢做，将其玩弄得出神入化，化作千万个动听的故事，用权力玩人心，公理何在？幸好，正义从不缺席，法治社会就是一面照妖镜，照出了女性处境、教育腐败、政治阴谋、体制溃烂、种族歧视、煽动人心、媒体操控、正义边界、法律公信等等问题。我们还会相信自己的眼睛和耳朵吗，道听途说是人的本能反应。我们要追随内心的正义感，守住根本道德底线。
印度片最让我不满意的地方就是太长了，导致前部分都是提速播放，整体看下来还是挺震撼的，虽然反转已经不算是新鲜的方式，但中段开始的法庭戏比较吸引我，节奏也飞快的，近期值得推荐的一片印度电影。
至少我被反转震撼到了。政治游戏不一定非要像好莱坞里的漂亮国那样特工满天飞，满世界007。其实最恐怖的就是享受特权的那帮人玩弄底层人民。唐山、毒教材、舆论审核……
前80分钟平淡无奇，后80分钟真相抽丝剥茧的过程看的头皮发麻，反转到怀疑人生。 印度拍电影总是有惊喜，什么题材都改拍，都能拍，集政治，人性，法律，悬疑，真相于一体的佳作
ps看过的第一部没有传统歌舞的印度电影
这真的是处女作吗？
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