Richard is a spy. Ever since his wife Angela left him, cause she never liked what he did or became, his heart has not exactly been in it anymore. After failing to complete his mission, he decides to leave. His friend and boss, Tony Cooper, brings him to a plastic surgeon, so that he could change his appearance and disappear. A year later, he learns that the doctor who operated on him and Tony are dead. He suspects that someone's either trying to get back at him through them or is trying to flush him out. He then fears that Angela could be next. So he goes to her but she's gotten on with her life and doesn't want him back.

明朝万历年间，名将戚继光遭宦官谗陷，退居林下睹。瞪武生方心静来京应试武举，名落孙山，彷徨无计，幸结识京师富商于承绥忠。于慷慨好客，既赎取名妓紫烟为方撮合姻缘，又以重金请方前往登州为戚继祝寿。途中忽遇强人偷寿礼，幸有神秘人杀盗解围。继而方遇上侠士李无言和江湖女郎一阵风，三人结为知己，同赴山东。但途中与倭寇激战，李不慎中毒箭，得一阵风悉心照顾，情愫暗生。三人抵达登州，正值戚继光寿诞前夕。是夜，戚突然离奇暴毙。翌日方来祝寿得悉，痛心不已。与李无言一阵风分道扬镳。方赶回京师，发现富商于承忠于年前世。方惊疑交集，明查暗访下终查得于承忠乃戚继光麾下大将杨四畏假冒，杨利用方玫送寿礼暗杀戚继光。但戚未收寿礼却已毙命，显见暗杀者另有其人。究竟谁人密杀戚继光呢？

明朝严世藩（罗乐林）为排除异己杨继盛，遂派出豢养的杀手“十三死肖”往杨家斩草除根。杨家乃武林世家，十二死肖接连失手，藩最后唯有派出最厉害的第十三死肖“人”（钱小豪）执行任务。适盛之子云清（张兆辉）有事要赴武当，杨家无人能敌“人”之武功，惨遭灭门。当“人”手刃身怀六甲的杨家媳妇时，天刚正亮，就在此刻“人”发生极大变化！原来“人”只能于夜间杀人，天亮便复现人性。“人”在日出那瞬间杀人，良心发现痛不欲生，决背叛藩流浪江湖。藩恐“人”成后患，下令余下死肖追杀之。“人”幸得清仗义相助，得以歼灭所有死肖，清更不记旧仇助“人”解除毒咒回复常态。“人”为报答清，决以死赎前罪……

本片是由曾执导过《美国狼人在伦敦》的约翰．兰迪斯导演，是一部风格特异的悬疑惊险片。还邀请了《魔鬼克星》的丹．艾克罗伊德、摇滚乐巨星戴维．鲍伊、大导演保罗．马泽斯基等人。 剧中讲述一个住在洛杉矶的工程师艾德，在赌城拉斯维加斯巧遇美女黛安娜。黛安娜正受人之托准备把宝石秘密交给别人，但收货人却被人暗算，残暴的杀手组织对黛安娜仍紧追不放，这使她和艾德陷入危机四伏的处境中。

一个男人和他的情妇之间的秘密恋情导致了一场敲诈和追杀。哈里·米切尔(Harry Mitchell)是洛杉矶的一名制造商，他拥有一辆豪华轿车，一所豪华的住宅，还有一名正在竞选市议会议员的妻子。当三名蒙面的勒索者带着哈利和他年轻的情妇的录像带出现时，他的生活被颠覆了。勒索者想要105000美元。为了保护妻子的政治前途，哈里不会去找警察，他必须回应神秘的勒索者。