生活潦倒的穷鬼阿武（金城武）某次因为赌博被人殴打至重伤后，开始把生命看得一文不值，拿命赌命以八万元代价接了一宗杀人买卖。行动前因为获得八十万意外之财，阿武又爱惜起生命来，请了刚从监狱出来的女杀手卡雯（李若彤）代他完成任务。卡雯无法对旧情释然，屡次要阿武去见有负于她的旧男友，否则拒绝行动，阿武于无奈之下听命，却在了解事实真相的过程中慢慢爱上了卡雯，然而任务必须进行，阿武开始犹豫是否再把卡雯替下来自己去杀人。

乔什（马科斯·波麦兰 Max Pomeranc 饰）是一个平凡而又普通的美国男孩，某日，他和父亲弗雷德（乔·曼特纳 Joe Mantegna 饰）一起下国际象棋，竟然奇迹般的打败了经验丰富的父亲。之后，乔什又参加了国际象棋公开赛，一路过关斩将，展现出了惊人的天赋。父母决定将乔什培养成一名天才棋手。某日，一位名叫维尼（劳伦斯·菲什伯恩 Laurence Fishburne 饰）的男子出现在了乔什身边，随着时间的推移，两人之间结下了深厚的友谊。与此同时，父母找来了德高望重的围棋老师布鲁斯（本·金斯利 Ben Kingsley 饰）指导乔什。然而，没过多久，乔什便对日复一日的坐在棋盘前的枯燥生活感到了厌倦。

人不堪忍受世间的百般苦难，在通向和平安宁的路墟中挣扎、奋起。最终人们付出了巨大的代价得到和平、安宁。

After secret agent Michael Scarn (played by Scott) is forced into retirement due to the death of his wife Catherine Zeta-Scarn, the President of the United States of America (played by Darryl Philbin) requests that he prevent Goldenface (played by Jim Halpert) from blowing up the NHL All-Star Game and killing several hostages. Scarn goes undercover and learns how to play hockey, killing another hockey player (played by Oscar Martinez) to make it into the game, but after confronting Goldenface, he is shot. He later recuperates but learns that the President was in on it all along. Depressed, he goes to a bar to drown his sorrows. The patrons of the bar sing a song called "The Scarn" which he danced to with his wife, which cheers Scarn up immensely. With his courage restored, Scarn is able to save the day and blow up Goldenface in the process.