查理(克里斯?奥唐纳 Chris O'Donnell 饰)是一个普通的中学生,他因为见证着一件恶作剧但又不想出卖朋友,于是面临着一道艰难的选择题——要么坦白,要么被学校勒退。而史法兰(阿尔?帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰)是一个退伍军官,因为意外失明,人生从顶点的辉煌滑落谷底。
自从两人的人生有了交集,命运的转折慢慢清晰。史法兰打算结束失去了意义的生活,于是在查理的陪伴下,尽情享受着人生最后一趟出行。他吃最美味的佳肴,买光鲜的汽车,在狭窄的街道上飚车,住在豪华的套房里,跟随陌生女子的袅袅香水味,跳一段优雅性感的探戈……极乐的疯狂后,他拿枪对准了自己的头颅。然而,查理声嘶力竭的劝阻改变了一切,曙光亦渐渐在这个老人心中重新升起,二人情深如父子。
史法兰在学校礼堂激昂演说,挽救了查理的前途,讽刺了学校的伪善。二人在互相鼓舞中得到重生。
“Lobo Feroz is a loose, revitalised adaptation of Big Bad Wolves. There were many changes that we made when you compare it to the original, given that we added new characters, plot strands and locations, and we introduced and fleshed out new themes teetering between dark comedy and police thriller. The film questions one’s principles, human behaviour and how ambiguous it can be,” the director explained to Cineuropa. “I’m very happy to be able to work with a dream Spanish cast, where everyone demonstrates their enormous talent and commitment in every scene and through every single detail.”
The screenplay for the movie – written by Juan Manuel Foode Roma and Eva María Alonso Moreno – follows a police officer on the fringes of the law and a woman seeking revenge. Their paths cross, as they are obsessed with discovering the identity of the murderer behind a string of brutal crimes involving various girls. They are both willing to do whatever it takes to secure a confession, even though they will have to take the law into their own hands in order to do so. At the same time, a model detective will do his utmost to avoid irreparable errors being made and to ensure that this desperate search for the truth does not transform into the fiercest of wolves.