《莱姆酒日记》根据记者亨特·S·汤普森（Hunter S. Thompson）同名小说改编，亨特被誉为“荒诞新闻学之父”，他尖酸而又古怪的写作技巧受到业内的追捧，但这位天才作家最后却以自杀的方式结束自己的生命。亨特模仿海明威的风格，在《莱姆酒日记》中讲述了上世纪50年代发生在波多黎各的一段三角恋故事，原著小说因遭遇种种争议，直到40年后才重见天日。 影片讲述了发生在一个记者身上的不可思议的故事，约翰尼·德普扮演的男主角保罗·坎普，因为厌倦了纽约的喧嚣以及美国后艾森豪威尔时代的压迫条款，干脆跑到一家波多黎各给一家不景气的报纸当记者，在波多黎各，坎普过着醉生梦死的生活，颇像海明威笔下《迷惘的一代》的“1950年代”版本。 在备受主编罗特曼（理查·詹金斯饰演）压迫的同时，坎普还疯狂爱上了艾梅柏·希尔德扮演的切诺特。这位女孩个性自由、作风大胆，并竭力劝说保罗和她一起私奔，她的男友桑德森（艾伦·艾克哈特扮演）是一个相信一切都可以用金钱衡量的生意人。于是三人展开了一段三角恋情。 Johnny Depp gets to spy beautiful women, drink copious amounts of miniature alcohol bottles, and wield journalistic power in FilmDistrict's The Rum Diary, the first trailer from which you can watch below. In The Rum Diary, Depp plays journalist Paul Kemp who relocates to Puerto Rico from New York in search of a more laid back lifestyle. While working for the local newspaper he falls for Chenault (Amber Heard), the wife of a powerful businessman named Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart) determined to transform the island into a capitalist paradise. Kemp will ultimately have to choose between writing about Sanderson's exploits in a positive light, or using the power of words to help bring him to justice. The Rum Diary makes clear that it's not a Pirates of the Caribbean knockoff, all while throwing in a little in-joke from On Stranger Tides involving beautiful sirens of the sea. On the contrary, the film is R-rated as evidenced by a couple mature-themed scenes that made it into the trailer. I'm sure there's far more raunchy scenes in the full film. Bruce Robinson wrote The Rum Diary screenplay and directed the film based on Hunter S. Thompson's novel of the same name. For all practical purposes, Depp is playing the same character from Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The cast also features Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Amaury Nolasco, Michael Rispoli and Karimah Westbrook. Look for The Rum Diary in theaters on October 28, 2011.
