上世纪70年代，哈莱姆黑人区，弗兰克?卢卡斯（丹泽尔?华盛顿 饰）是黑帮老大约翰逊的司机。约翰逊暴毙后，弗兰克充分利用了这个来之不易的机会，将地下世界的所有权利分配进行了重组，成功上位，接手大佬事业，掌控了毒品交易大权。期间他远赴东南亚金三角走私高纯度海洛因，张罗自己的家族兄弟，集结了一帮为他卖命的手下，一股黑暗势力正在兴起。另一边，警察里奇?罗伯茨（卢塞尔?克劳 饰）家庭破裂，与主流社会格格不入，整天以一副邋遢鬼模样流连于街头。他慢慢觉察出毒品圈内的风起云涌，，并展开了秘密调查。随着调查的深入，罗伯茨和卢卡斯之间的距离越来越短，两个气质相近，惺惺相惜的男人，不可避免地进行正面对决……

曾经名贯国际赌坛的赌侠“魔术手”石一坚（周润发 饰），在半年前协助国际刑警摧毁洗钱集团DOA后便销声匿迹，隐退江湖，整日里和他那台操着四川话的机器人傻强插科打诨，倒也逍遥自在。但是好景不长，某天他险些遭到女杀手刺杀。原来宿敌DOA对其恨之入骨，定欲灭之于无形。除此之外， DOA首席会计师小马（张家辉 饰）卷走组织高达150亿美元的黑金，带着女儿初一（王诗龄 饰）逃到泰国。迫不得已，石一坚和担任国际刑警的大弟子阿乐（余文乐 饰）合作，追查DOA的幕后主使，并试图寻找到小马的踪迹。上天入地，子弹横飞，围绕着巨额黑金和DOA的秘密，正邪双方展开了新一轮的较量与厮杀……

无可替代的怪物刑警马锡道华丽回归！在越南一举缉拿逃犯后，过了7年，马锡道（马东锡 饰）晋升至首尔广域搜查队，组建新的警察队伍调查一起离奇谋杀案，以期尽快抓捕到罪犯。案件调查中，马锡道发现隐匿于案件之下的新型毒品犯罪，遂决定扩大调查范围。而毒品案件幕后主使者朱成哲（李浚赫 饰）肆无忌惮地扩张这一系列的非法交易。同时专营药品流通的日本组织头目Ricky（青木崇高 饰）也来到韩国，卷入交易案件中，使犯罪规模日渐扩大。为将犯罪分子缉捕归案，马锡道将携队友展开一场惊心动魄的打击犯罪行动。

Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.