Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel chronicling the breakup of her marriage to investigative journalist Carl Bernstein (ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN) is adapted for the big screen by director Mike Nichols and solidly acted by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Rachel Samstat (Streep) is Ephron's stand-in, a New York food writer who falls for and marries Washington political columnist Mark Forman (Nicholson) despite her initial misgivings. And it isn't long before a second pregnancy, separate homes, and the return of Mark's womanizing places a strain on the marriage that results in a bitter divorce and inspires Rachel's cynical musings on the nature of love, sex, and relationships.
琼(凯瑟琳·特纳 Kathleen Turner 饰)是一名小说家,创作过许许多多充满了冒险和刺激的故事,销量十分可观。可是尽管如此,琼自己的生活却向来四平八稳波澜不惊,在内心里,她十分希望能够和自己笔下的主人公那样,来一场奇遇。机会很快就来临了,某日,琼收到了一封来自哥伦比亚的来信,原来,琼的姐姐伊莱恩(玛丽艾伦泰勒 Mary Ellen Trainor 饰)被宝石大盗艾拉(Zack Norman 饰)和纳尔夫(丹尼·德维托 Danny DeVito 饰)绑架了,他们所要的并非赎金,而是一张藏宝图。心急如焚的琼立刻启程赶往哥伦比亚。在那里,琼结识了英明神武胆识过人的男子杰克(迈克尔·道格拉斯 Michael Douglas 饰),两人结伴继续前进。
京剧武生关玉楼(狄龙)的猝死引来其弟关小楼(姜大卫)对两人过往点滴的深情回忆,伤情之余,小楼在蛛丝马迹中发现其兄之死可能另有隐情,展开调查,发现真相是与嫂子花正芬(区燕青)有染的国术馆长封开山(谷峰)联合金志全(杨志卿)等人设计将玉楼害死,决意为兄报仇。由于杀害玉楼的凶手众多,小楼误中奸计,险象环生,幸得花正芬的胞妹花正芳(汪萍)用美人计诱敌,才终将封开山杀死。金志全怕小楼向自己下手,假称杀害玉楼的幕后主脑人实为大帅胡智虎。小楼深知金志全老奸巨滑,口上答应与他合谋除去胡智虎,一场关乎两人生死的赌局展开。