A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.

清帝康熙自知不久人世，决定传位于十四太子（莫少聪）；后十四太子忽遭蒙面杀手行刺，幸为亲信曾静（徐少强）所救。原来四太子（刘永）早已觊觎帝位，乃派人行刺胞弟；四太子计划失败后，收买曾静不果，乃四出求贤，卒觅得文武双全之年羹尧（白彪）相助，更拉拢反清文人吕留良（谷峰）及其侄女吕四娘（刘雪华）等，佯称若助其登上帝位，誓必履行“满汉一家”之协议……

1994 film by Yuen Woo-ping

1992 film by Tsui Hark

1993 film by Tsui Hark