In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.

1992 film directed by Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark

Ralph Umard zeigt Einblicke hinter die Kulissen des Hongkong-Kinos, dabei kommen sowohl Regisseure wie Tsui Hark oder John Woo zu Wort, wie auch Schauspieler Cynthia Khan, Jackie Chan und andere. Sie schildern ihre Motivation, Filme zu machen und erläutern ihre Arbeit aus ihrer eigenen Sicht.
Aufnahmen von diversen Filmsets zeigen unter anderem den Alltag der Stars und Sternchen. Sie decken aber auch einige der Tricks auf, die viele der asiatischen Filme so spektakulär machen.
Nicht mehr ganz aktuell spekuliert der Regisseur dieser Dokumentation über die Veränderungen, die die Machtübernahme Chinas im Jahr 1997 für den Hongkong-Film bereithalten wird.

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates matters when the trio are double-crossed.