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Katherine of Alexandria, brought up as a nomad and living in the desert, was aged just 11 when Emperor Maxentius saw her whilst out on patrol. Consumed by her beauty, impudence and uncanny talent for languages, he abducted the child, killing her family. The slaughter was witnessed by her young friend, Constantine, who would later become Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. He never lost hope of finding Katherine. As a young woman, Katherine refused to submit to Maxentius' offers of marriage and she continually denounced his brutal enforcement of pagan religion upon the masses. Still obsessed with her beauty, Maxentius brought Katherine before 50 of Rome's finest scholars in an open court in Alexandria, where she eloquently demolished their arguments. When Constantine learned of Katherine's whereabouts and imprisonment at the hands of Maxentius, he led his army from York in a desperate bid to save her.。本片描写美国历史上的真实人物――东海岸匪徒本杰明· 西的传奇经历。本杰明· 西格尔（绰号“巴格西”）是一个布鲁克林出生的犹太青年。他来到西海岸从事敲诈勒索活动，原打算在加利福尼亚逗留四天，被它的魅力迷住了，结果决定在此投资。20 世纪40 年代，巴格西来到好莱坞，并迷上了年轻漂亮的女演员弗吉尼亚希尔。巴格西来到好莱坞时满怀希望，他还带来了对新发现的“沙漠中的伊甸园”的朦胧构想：巴格西梦想将拉斯维加斯变成实用主义的乐园，它比好莱坞还要华丽、鲜艳夺目，们在那里可以放纵作乐、流连忘返、沉溺在奇想之中。这个幻想家找到了大干一场的好机会，想创造出“伟大”的奇迹。这就巴格西其人和他建立的“丰碑”，他创建了黑社会的对地赌城拉斯维加斯。巴格西41 岁时被人开枪打死。。汤镇业饰演的小海曾经是一名银行劫匪，抢钱逃跑过程中失手钱袋落入大海。小海良心未泯，准备洗手不干，他大哥却逼他再做一次，双方发生口角，激战中小海打伤大哥，大哥记恨小海，又怀疑小海私自吞并财产，誓要报仇。小海逃到一个偏僻的小山庄避风头等待时机去菲律宾，山庄庄主和其庄人阿威对性格内向的小海有偏见，百般言语讥讽，后庄主女儿小咪海外归来结识小海，二人渐生情愫，小海大哥最后通过阿威找到小海藏身之处，小海亦想与其大哥化解恩怨大哥假意和解，小海中计。双方交战中小海与其大哥双双从高空坠落，同归于尽。小咪得知后，含泪离开了伤心地。。