百年50部英文燒腦電影賞析：[3]Catch Me If You Can 貓鼠游戲

In 1963, teen-aged Frank Abagnale(Leonardo Dicaprio)lives in New Rochelle, New York with his father Frank Abagnale, Sr.(Christopher Walken), and French mother Paula(Nathalie Baye), When Frank Sr. is denied a business loan at Chase Manhattan Bank due to unspecified difficulties with the IRS, the family is forced to move from their large home to a small apartment. Paula carries on an affair with Jack(James Brolin), a friend of her husband. Meanwhile, Frank poses as a substitute teacher in his French class. Frank's parents file for divorce, and Frank runs When he runs out of money, he begins to rely on confidence scams to get by. Soon, Frank's cons grow bolder and he even impersonates an airline pilot. He forges Pan Am payroll checks and succeeds in stealing over $2.8 million.

Meanwhile, Carl Hanratty(Tom Hanks), an FBI bank fraud agent, begins to track down Frank. Carl and Frank meet in a hotel, where Frank convinces Carl his name is Barry Allen of the Secret Service. Frank leaves, Carl angrily realizing his mistake just as it is too late. Later, at Christmas, Carl is still working when Frank calls him, attempting to apologize for duping Carl. Carl rejects his apology and tells him he will soon be caught, but laughs when he realizes Frank actually called him because he has no one eIse to talk to. Frank hangs up, and Carl continues to investigate, suddenly realizing(thanks to a waiter)that the name “Barry Allen” is from the Flash comic books and that Frank is just a teenager.

Frank, meanwhile, has not only changed to becoming a doctor and a lawyer, but has fallen in love with Brenda(Amy Adams), to whom he eventually admits the truth about himself and asks her to run away with him. Carl tracks him to his engagement party where Frank has left Brenda, asking her to meet him two days later so they can elope. Frank sees her waiting for him two days later, but also sees agents in disguise. He realizes he has been set up and escapes on a flight to Europe. Seven months later, Carl shows his boss that Frank has been forging checks all over western Europe and asks permission to go to Europe to look for him. When his boss says no, Carl brings Frank's checks to printing professionals who deem that the checks were printed in France. Carl remembers from an interview with Frank's mother that she was born in Montrichard, France. He goes there and finds Frank, and tells him that the French police will kill him if he does not go with Carl quietly. Frank assumes he is lying at first, but Carl promises Frank he would never lie to him, and Carl takes him outside, where the French police escort him to prison.

The scene then flashes forward to a plane returning Frank home from prison, where Carl informs him that his father has died. Consumed with grief, Frank escapes from the plane and goes back to his old house, where he finds his mother with the man she left his father for, as well as a girl who Frank realizes is his half-sister. Frank gives himself up and is sentenced to 12 years in prison, getting visits from time to time from Carl. When Frank points out how one of the checks Carl is carrying as evidence is fake, Carl convinces the FBI to offer Frank a deal by which he can live out the remainder of his sentence working for the bank fraud department of the FBI, which Frank accepts. While working at the FBI, Frank misses the thrill of the chase and even attempts to fly as an airline pilot again. He is cornered by Carl, who insists that Frank will return to the FBI job since no one is chasing him. On the following Monday, Carl is nervous that Frank has not yet appeared at work. However, Frank does show up and they discuss their next case.

The ending credits reveal that Frank has been happily married for 26 years, has three sons, lives in the Midwest, is still good friends with Carl, has caught some of the world's most elusive money forgers, and earns millions of dollars each year because of his work creating unforgeable checks.

1963年，少年弗蘭克·阿巴戈內(nèi)爾(萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧飾)和父親弗蘭克先生(克里斯托弗·沃肯飾)、母親法國(guó)人保拉(娜塔莉·貝伊飾)住在紐約的新羅歇爾。由于與美國(guó)國(guó)稅局有不明的糾紛，弗蘭克先生申請(qǐng)的美國(guó)大通曼哈頓銀行商業(yè)貸款遭拒，全家被迫從大房子搬遷到小公寓里。這時(shí)的弗蘭克，在他的法語(yǔ)班上假扮老師給學(xué)生上課。由于保拉與丈夫的朋友杰克(詹姆斯·布洛林飾)有婚外情，弗蘭克父母申請(qǐng)離婚，致使弗蘭克離家出走。由于生活窘迫，弗蘭克靠一些詐騙伎倆生存，慢慢地，弗蘭克的膽子越來(lái)越大，他假扮飛行員，偽造泛美航空公司的工資支票，成功騙取280多萬(wàn)美元。

美國(guó)聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局負(fù)責(zé)票據(jù)詐騙案的特工卡爾·漢瑞特(湯姆·漢克斯飾)開(kāi)始追捕弗蘭克。一次，他們?cè)谝患揖频晗嘤觯栞p信了弗蘭克的騙詞，對(duì)方聲稱(chēng)自己是美國(guó)特工處的工作人員，名叫巴利·艾倫。事后卡爾非常懊悔，但為時(shí)已晚。在圣誕節(jié)當(dāng)天，一直在工作的卡爾接到了弗蘭克的電話，他因之前脫逃一事向卡爾道歉?？柌⒉活I(lǐng)情，并表示一定會(huì)將他繩之以法。卡爾還得知，弗蘭克打來(lái)電話的另一原因是沒(méi)有人陪他聊天，他覺(jué)得非?？尚?。掛上電話后卡爾繼續(xù)調(diào)查，由于服務(wù)員的提醒，卡爾突然發(fā)現(xiàn)“巴利·艾倫”這個(gè)名字來(lái)自于一部卡通漫畫(huà)，原來(lái)弗蘭克還是個(gè)青少年。

在這之后，弗蘭克還假扮過(guò)醫(yī)生、律師，他與布蘭達(dá)(艾米·亞當(dāng)斯飾)相愛(ài)，告訴了布蘭達(dá)自己的一切，請(qǐng)求布蘭達(dá)與他私奔?？栕凡榈礁ヌm克的訂婚宴會(huì)上，弗蘭克提前溜走了，臨走前與布蘭達(dá)約定兩天后會(huì)合私奔。兩天后，弗蘭克來(lái)到相約地點(diǎn)，看到布蘭達(dá)正在等他，同時(shí)他也注意到便衣特工埋伏在四周，便立即離開(kāi)逃往歐洲。7個(gè)月后，卡爾向上司出示了弗蘭克在歐洲偽造的支票，告訴上司弗蘭克在西歐大量偽造支票，請(qǐng)求前往追捕。盡管上司不批準(zhǔn)，卡爾還是找到了印刷專(zhuān)家進(jìn)行檢驗(yàn)，得知偽造的票據(jù)是在法國(guó)印刷的。卡爾記起在詢問(wèn)弗蘭克母親時(shí)，她提到自己在法國(guó)的蒙特里夏爾出生。于是卡爾前往蒙特里夏爾，找到了弗蘭克，勸他悄悄地跟他回國(guó)，否則如果被法國(guó)警方抓獲他將被判死刑。一開(kāi)始弗蘭克并不相信，但卡爾保證自己絕對(duì)不會(huì)騙他，當(dāng)卡爾把他帶出門(mén)口，在外等候的法國(guó)警方遂將他羈押入獄。

鏡頭轉(zhuǎn)換到飛機(jī)上，弗蘭克從監(jiān)獄出來(lái)被押送回國(guó)，這時(shí)卡爾告訴他，他的父親已經(jīng)去世。懷著悲傷的心情，弗蘭克從機(jī)上脫逃回到家中，看到母親正和當(dāng)年外遇的男人生活在一起，還生下了一個(gè)與他同母異父的妹妹。弗蘭克徹底絕望，被判入獄12年。服刑其間，卡爾總會(huì)去探望弗蘭克。有一次，弗蘭克看到卡爾帶來(lái)了一張偽造的票據(jù)，便教他如何識(shí)別。這讓卡爾冒出一個(gè)想法，他和美國(guó)聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局商量，讓弗蘭克在剩余的服役期為聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局票據(jù)詐騙部門(mén)工作，弗蘭克欣然接受了這份工作。但弗蘭克貪戀過(guò)去犯罪所帶來(lái)的刺激感，在工作中又一次找機(jī)會(huì)假扮飛行員跑走了。憑著卡爾對(duì)弗蘭克的了解，他很肯定即使不去追捕，弗蘭克也一定會(huì)回來(lái)的。第二周的星期一，卡爾正為弗蘭克還未出現(xiàn)一事心煩意亂，這時(shí)弗蘭克突然出現(xiàn)，兩人非常默契，像往常一樣開(kāi)始討論下一個(gè)案子。

影片的最后講述了多年后，他們一直維持著要好的關(guān)系。弗蘭克住在美國(guó)中西部，已婚26年，婚姻美滿，生了三個(gè)孩子。由于他工作出色，抓獲了許多偽造國(guó)際票據(jù)的要犯，并且因?yàn)閺氖轮谱鞣纻卧斓闹惫ぷ鞫@得年薪幾百萬(wàn)的收入。