2071年的万圣节前夕，火星上的大城市突然发生了令人惊叹的犯罪。高速公路上一辆油罐车爆炸了。事故发生现场的人们因不明原因病倒，死伤人数超过400人。这样大规模的杀人事件，似乎是不明来源的生物武器所为。为此，火星政府发布了3亿圆的赏金悬赏恐怖分子。目击事件的faye单独行动妄图独占赏金，艾德使用黑客技术找到线索，与Bebop号上的大家一起行动。四人一狗组合再次出动，但他们不知道，这3亿元的代价，是对抗前所未有的强大犯罪者。

2071年的万圣节前夕，火星上的大城市突然发生了令人惊叹的犯罪。高速公路上一辆油罐车爆炸了。事故发生现场的人们因不明原因病倒，死伤人数超过400人。这样大规模的杀人事件，似乎是不明来源的生物武器所为。为此，火星政府发布了3亿圆的赏金悬赏恐怖分子。目击事件的faye单独行动妄图独占赏金，艾德使用黑客技术找到线索，与Bebop号上的大家一起行动。四人一狗组合再次出动，但他们不知道，这3亿元的代价，是对抗前所未有的强大犯罪者。

Unavailable on home video for many years (except perhaps as a grainy, nth-generation VHS bootleg), Penelope Spheeris' seminal document of the young 1979-1980 Los Angeles punk scene includes chaotic live performances by now-legendary groups like Black Flag (with short-lived lead singer Ron "Chavo Pederast" Reyes), X (giving themselves stick-and-poke tattoos) and the Germs (whose unpredictable lead singer Darby Crash would commit suicide before the film's release) interwoven with talking-head interviews with teenage punks and, most entertainingly, older club owners trying very hard to describe a growing form of music they were clearly unprepared for. The footage of Fear's confrontational set would later grab the attention of John Belushi, who snagged the band a 1981 appearance on Saturday Night Live (and resulted in $20,000 in damage to the studio). - Tom Fritsche

Unavailable on home video for many years (except perhaps as a grainy, nth-generation VHS bootleg), Penelope Spheeris' seminal document of the young 1979-1980 Los Angeles punk scene includes chaotic live performances by now-legendary groups like Black Flag (with short-lived lead singer Ron "Chavo Pederast" Reyes), X (giving themselves stick-and-poke tattoos) and the Germs (whose unpredictable lead singer Darby Crash would commit suicide before the film's release) interwoven with talking-head interviews with teenage punks and, most entertainingly, older club owners trying very hard to describe a growing form of music they were clearly unprepared for. The footage of Fear's confrontational set would later grab the attention of John Belushi, who snagged the band a 1981 appearance on Saturday Night Live (and resulted in $20,000 in damage to the studio). - Tom Fritsche

The third (and seemingly final) installment in Penelope Spheeris' Los Angeles music trilogy, THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION III follows not the punk acts of Los Angeles from 1996-1997 but their homeless teenaged fans. Musician interviews in this DECLINE are fewer but include interesting musings from Keith Morris from the Circle Jerks and Flea (credited as the "ex-bass player of Fear"). DECLINE III lives up to its title as Spheeris explores every facet of the gutter-punk life, from their damaged upbringings (nearly all were abused or neglected as children) to the self-destructive lives they lead on society's fringe (alcoholism, homelessness and run-ins with skinheads, among others). - Tom Fritsche

The third (and seemingly final) installment in Penelope Spheeris' Los Angeles music trilogy, THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION III follows not the punk acts of Los Angeles from 1996-1997 but their homeless teenaged fans. Musician interviews in this DECLINE are fewer but include interesting musings from Keith Morris from the Circle Jerks and Flea (credited as the "ex-bass player of Fear"). DECLINE III lives up to its title as Spheeris explores every facet of the gutter-punk life, from their damaged upbringings (nearly all were abused or neglected as children) to the self-destructive lives they lead on society's fringe (alcoholism, homelessness and run-ins with skinheads, among others). - Tom Fritsche

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years is a documentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles heavy metal scene from 1986 to 1988.

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years is a documentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles heavy metal scene from 1986 to 1988.

A sex imbalance is the impetus for a crime spree in Yan’an, a northern Chinese mining town that’s lost too many men to industrial accidents. To carry out the ghost marrage for the dead men, people are in need of women who died recently.

A sex imbalance is the impetus for a crime spree in Yan’an, a northern Chinese mining town that’s lost too many men to industrial accidents. To carry out the ghost marrage for the dead men, people are in need of women who died recently.