太平洋战争爆发前夕,活跃在香港和泰国的黑社会团体“血剪帮”与日本人勾结,到处暗杀抗日人士,横行江湖,为了遏制血剪帮的残暴行径,香港抗日同盟商会决定铲除血剪帮,消息传出后,同盟商会会员银行家陈炳春夫妇即惨遭毒手。血剪帮也派出杀手和奸细混入商会之中,企图挑起商会会员内部自相残杀。为替父报仇,陈炳春的长子阿雄(周润发饰)与其弟计划在香港和泰国同时行动,欲将血剪帮连根拔除,然而商会内部的5倾匝、职业杀手的一路追踪、奸细的暗藏不露以及警方的阻扰,使阿雄兄弟的处境困难重重……

Charged with leading demonstrations for the democratization movement, student activist Kim Gi-young (Moon Sung-keun) is a fugitive from the law. He sneaks into a mining village on the verge of being shut down, with a fake ID in hand. Feeling frustrated with the current state of activism, which centers around the intelligentsia, he gets a job as a man-of-all-work at a coal factory and meets the motley inhabitants of the mining village. Dae-sik (Yang Jin-yeong) works to support his family in place of his father, who is in prison for instigating a strike. Detective Kang (Lee Su-chan) always keeps a sharp eye on everything that goes on in the village. Then there are strike organizer Cheon Do-seong (Kang Neung-won), fellow worker Jeong (Hwang Hae), Taek's mother (Kim Kyung-ran), and Sun's mother (Jo Ju-mi). Sung-cheol (Park Joong-hoon), whose father is a local bigshot and the owner of the coal factory, lords it over the neighborhood bars and cafes. Angry at his father (Park Kyu-chae) for leaving his mother and marrying another woman, Sung-cheol vents his resentment on the cafe girls and factory workers. Meanwhile, Young-sook (Shim Hye-jin), who works as a prostitute at the local cafe, is becoming fed up with Sung-cheol's violent and demeaning treatment of her. When she meets Gi-young, who is reserved but warm, she begins to have feelings for him and stops selling sexual favors. As the impending miners' strike darkens the horizon, Gi-young and Young-sook fall in love and enjoy each other's company. Then one day, Sung-cheol receives news of his mother's death and wreaks havoc at the cafe. When Young-sook refuses to satisfy his demands, he starts to beat her up. Gi-young tries to stop him, but his intervention brings him to the attention of Detective Kang and he is hauled off to the police station. Gi-young undergoes torture at the hands of the police, but he is eventually cleared of all charges and released. When he finally comes to through Young-sook's devoted care, he tells her that he is a wanted fugitive. His identity is soon exposed and he is forced to run once more. Young-sook decides to leave the village with him, and heads to the cafefor her things. While making her last coffee delivery, Young-sook runs into Sung-cheol, who tries to stop her from leaving. She ends up killing him, and is dragged off by the police as Gi-young waits for her at the train station.

本片根据米兰·昆德拉的同名小说改编。1968年，布拉格外科手术医生托马斯（丹尼尔·戴-刘易斯 Daniel Day-Lewis 饰）生活在对女人追逐的快乐中，享受着性的快感。画家萨比娜（莉娜·奥琳 Lena Olin 饰）是托马斯的红颜知己，但在一次去温泉疗养院出诊的过程中，托马斯结识了女招待特蕾莎（朱丽叶·比诺什Juliette Binoche 饰）。不久，特蕾莎只身来到布拉格，二人结婚。托马斯在婚后依然不改与萨比娜或其他女人偷情的恶习，特蕾莎无法忍受托马斯的不忠，深夜出走，却碰上苏联武装入侵捷克。三人先后逃亡至瑞士日内瓦，萨比娜认识了当地大学教授弗兰茨（德雷克·德·林特 Derek de Lint 饰），特蕾莎失去工作终日闷闷不乐，带着小狗卡列宁孤身重返布拉格。在自由与束缚之间，托马斯究竟该如何选择呢？本片是1988年美国十佳影片之一，获1989年奥斯卡最佳摄影、最佳改编剧本提名，金球奖最佳剧情片和最佳女配角（莉娜·奥琳）提名，并获英国电影电视协会最佳改编剧本奖，美国影评人协会最佳导演和最佳影片奖。

本片为1997年《我知道你去年夏天乾了什么》(I Know What You Did Last Summer)的续集，制作人采用原班人马。 本片延续了第一集的故事结尾，两年前茱莉（詹妮弗·洛夫·休伊特 Jennifer Love Hewitt 饰）和朋友们开车撞死了一个 路人后众人遭到“铁钩杀手”的报复。最后茱莉虽然得以生还，但这团阴影却始终笼罩着她。 两年后，茱莉的好友卡拉赢得了电台的猜奖，卡拉及其男友泰洛要请茱莉与同班同学维尔，四人一同前往巴哈马的塔湾岛度假。就在享受阳光沙滩的同时，一连串的离奇事件也在这个孤岛上展开，旅馆里的工作人员也不明原因的接二连三死亡。茱莉收到“I Still Know What You Did Last Summer”的警告，众人惊恐万分。难道是“铁钩杀手”死而复生？这一次凶手是谁？冷酷的杀手正在等待着他们……