影片男主角的原型是一位伊朗裔，加拿大籍的记者巴哈里（MaziarBahari）。2009年，巴哈里作为美国《新闻周刊》（Newsweek）驻伊朗记者，报道当年的伊朗总统大选。6月13日，选举委员会宣布艾哈迈迪-内贾德（MahmoudAhmadinejad）获胜后，其竞争对手的支持者上街游行，巴哈里拍下了这场被称为“伊朗绿色革命”的抗议活动。6月21日，他从德黑兰的家中被带走，经历118天的监禁后获释。其后巴哈里将自己的这段经历写成回忆录《ThenTheyCameforMe》，于2011年出版。在书中，他描述自己遭到折磨和审讯，对方视他为潜入伊朗的间谍。由于双眼被蒙住，看不清提审人的面容，只闻到他身上的玫瑰香水味，巴哈里在书中就以“玫瑰香水”（Rosewater）称呼对方，影片的片名也是由此而来。

　　Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.

　　Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop?
　　Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller.
　　The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narration/voice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters.
　　Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppie/violence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with "black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge.
　　However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.

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　　民谣界的教父厄文·斯坦布鲁姆去世了，留下了一段音乐传奇，和若干由他领上民谣星途的民谣乐队。他的儿子乔纳森筹备着要在纽约市政大厅为他举行一次纪念音乐会，演出名单里包括了厄文生前喜爱的乐队，其中有“米奇和米基”，“民歌手”乐队，还有“新大街歌手”等等。
　　“米奇和米基”(尤金·列维和凯瑟琳·奥哈拉)曾经是当年的黄金情侣档，如今两个人的感情已经烟消云散。米奇受到重大刺激，一改早期创作的甜蜜风格，每张专辑都描述他无尽的痛苦。如今人们都期待着看到两个人在舞台上表演他们的金曲：《吻在彩虹尽头》。
　　“民歌手”the Folksmen则是60年代，由三个在俄亥俄的维斯理安大学认识的大学新生：杰瑞(迈克尔·迈克基恩)、阿兰(克利斯托弗·盖斯特)和马克组成的，当年他们进行了26个月的全国巡演，成为民歌运动的中坚力量之一。乐队曾在格林威治村周围演出了很久，但推出一张实验性的电子民谣以后，他们已经有30多年没有唱过歌了。
　　“新大街歌手”以前叫做“大街歌手”，灵魂人物是波纳和他的妻子，曾经的三级艳星洛丽。他们信奉颜色里产生的神圣力量，给乐队定的制服颜色极其俗艳。他们的音乐可能会被专业人士看做垃圾，合声多的成了噪音，乐队有14把吉他，然而这个乐队出了无数专辑。
　　从筹备到演出的整个过程被电视台全程纪录，作为对厄文的致敬专辑推出。仅此一晚，这三个重组的乐队将在纽约的市政大厅表演那些让他们几近成名的音乐。

　　Al（提姆·麦锡森 Tim Matheson 饰）是个十分被看好的州长候选人，很怕因为他的笨蛋老弟Mike（克里斯·法雷 Chris Farley 饰）蒙羞，于是雇了Steve（大卫·斯佩德 David Spade 饰）来看管Mike以免他出什么乱子，从这一刻起就状况百出、 笑料不断。
　　全片就像是一个喜剧大杂烩，让您捧腹大笑，跌破眼镜。