After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
以“反清复明”为口号的天地会被朝廷追捕，天地会恐被清廷一网打尽，遂将会员名册送往机密地点。天地会中人红娘子遇上刚直的捕快阿云，暗中利用他送出名册，期间遇上聪敏的阿寸，两人为生计不惜去踢馆，还参加舞狮比赛。及后红娘子被杀，阿云和阿寸从中觉醒，代红娘子执行任务，但两人却身负重伤，生命危在旦夕……
强尼是波士顿着名的私家侦探，某次渡假到洛杉矶探视其哥哥，不料匪徒竟公然闯入将其哥哥和大嫂杀死，为了逮捕凶手他做了地毯式的侦探，并得到街头青少年的鼎力帮助，最后发现了绑匪集团的巢穴。
冷战时期最引人注目的波兰间谍 Ryszard Kuklinski 上校在即将到来的戒严令面前向美国人讲述了共产主义集团的最高机密。
