世界上最强的杀手邓肯·维兹拉（绰号“黑凯撒”）即将退休，但前雇主认为他会成为公司的累赘。迫不得已的他只能重操旧业，对抗一伙年轻、敏捷、残忍的杀手，为了干掉邓肯，他们将不择手段。

时值1776年，美国独立战争刚刚开始，国会一片混乱。约翰·亚当斯作为激进的政治家是国会的活跃分子，他积极地提出取得殖民地独立，建立美利坚联合国，并获得同是国会议员的富兰克林和杰斐逊的支持。提议一经提出，就遭到了近一半的国会议员的反对，尤其是以特拉华为首的一些顽固的保守主义者坚持认为，美国作为英国的殖民地，在英国的庇护下是最好的选择。而此时，英军已攻占纽约，与对方作战的华盛顿将军从前线带来的如供给不足、士兵气势不佳等坏消息，更给了他们足够的理由，反对美国独立。亚当斯因其犀利的个性在国会被受争议，几经考虑，他决定让好友查德·李把议案正式提交给国会，并由富兰克林等人支持，希望能过得到讨论。但提议当天，查德·李德迟迟不来和其他国会议员的讽刺让亚当斯焦急万分，最后，他决定抱着最坏的打算自己提出议案。关键时刻，姗姗来迟的查德·李赶到，提出美国独立的议案。但同意和不同意各占一半让场面陷入了进退两难的境地，还好，酒醉出去的霍克金斯重新回到国会，处于微醺状态的他迷迷糊糊中投给了亚当斯一方一票，提议总算被正式提上了日程，予以讨论。美国独立的议案进展缓慢，又陷入了一半同意一半反对的局面。为了打破僵局，亚当斯深刻地觉得应该起草一份独立宣言。而这个重任就自然落到了文笔出色的杰斐逊的手中，但此时，杰斐逊急于回家见妻子，哪里有心思起草独立宣言，一个礼拜过去了，独立宣言连个影子都没有。焦急万分的亚当斯灵机一动，把远在故乡的杰斐逊的妻子接来，这样，一篇洋洋洒洒的独立宣言才由此诞生。要通过美国独立的议案，可谓困难重重，但即使有再大的阻碍，也决不放弃。亚当斯等人几经奔波，终于，通过了该法案。

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.

“演员不是在模仿谁的生活，而是真实生活的一种写照”在大街上和人体模型做演技练习的同时有了做演员的梦想，英在这部电影中的演一个配角在与主演的桀骜不羁的劣根性对抗的同时学习演技的英的弟弟根的女朋陈通过修改剧本而得到导演的认可，得到演配角的机会。英的演技压倒了主演并且在电影上映后成为一颗新升起的热线演员，在电影界备受瞩目，在广告界也一跃成为新的蓝筹股。但是在配角期间一直和他一起的经纪人在没有经过他同意的情况下独自决定了合同延长的要求事项让英很不满，所以英和那个恶棍经纪人诀别后选择了新的经纪人，他的弟弟根。在现在的位置上有着最高人气的英，渐渐忘记了自己本来的面貌。对经纪人弟弟根发火，推迟摄影时间，甚至代替喊“cut”。在只有演艺人的聚会上和一些小混混交朋友，还利用自己现在的身份和一些女人见面。这样的做法也给自己和自己周围的人带来了威胁...