The main events of this film take place in the Philippines in 1944–1945. Allied scouts—the Englishman Franks and the American Jackson—after enduring a host of terrifying ordeals (poisonous snakes, fire-breathing volcanoes, chasms, bloodthirsty savages, etc.), find the “golden cobra” — a ritual object of miraculous, fateful significance to the peoples of the region

A young American nicknamed "Buffalo" visits his uncle, a police officer in Hong Kong, to find a wife. His uncle does everything he can to help him. But fate brings Buffalo together with a thief who accidentally witnessed a murder and took a ring with her. A mafia boss desperately needs this ring, which serves as the password for a major deal. But Buffalo can’t stand injustice, and he’s also taken a liking to the girl.

Francis, an unlucky police sergeant, is jokingly nicknamed "Tiger" by his colleagues. Together with his new partner, Michael, he must investigate what appears to be a routine gangster murder. But the case takes an unexpected turn.

After responding to an emergency call at a hotel, a police inspector found no evidence of a crime but noticed some strange goings-on. An avalanche prevented him from leaving that same day, and soon the inspector discovered the body of a murdered guest. Suspicion falls on everyone staying at the hotel.

Jody is a young Black man who has lived under his mother’s wing his whole life. He’s constantly tormented by his dependence on her, but he has no intention of changing anything. Jody doesn’t have a job, but he does have a son and a daughter from two different women. But despite all this, nothing can make him leave his mother’s nest and start living on his own...

In the 1960s, New York City’s “Hell’s Kitchen” neighborhood was a place ruled by priests and mobsters. Four friends grew up there; their carefree childhood was cut short by a terrible tragedy that thrust them into an adult world of violence and cruelty. A decade and a half has passed, but the terrible memories of the past are still vivid. Now the lessons learned in “Hell’s Kitchen” will help them settle the score with a fate that has treated them so harshly.

It turns out that even such different people can have something in common. The unifying theme is the desire to get rid of a loved one—and to do so in the most effective way possible. One wants to kill his ex-wife, who still manages to make his life a living hell; the other dreams of a free, joyful life that is doomed to remain a fantasy because of his overbearing, domineering mother, who continues to nag her son, paying no heed to the fact that he is no longer a young man. It seems to them that in such a situation, the best way to avoid punishment is to swap murders...

November 1995. Angela, a film studies student, is writing her thesis on “Audiovisual Violence.” She asks her advisor, Professor Figueroa, to retrieve several tapes from the university archives containing films that are banned from TV broadcast due to graphic scenes of violence, and she makes the same request to her classmate Cheme, who, according to rumors, has a collection of such films at home. Though slightly embarrassed, Figueroa manages to take one of the tapes from the “Pornography” section, and while watching the film in the university theater, he dies. Angela is the first to find the professor’s body, and she takes the tape home. It turns out that the tape contains a snuff film, and Chema recognizes the victim as Vanessa, a student at their university who went missing two years ago.

In Venice, professional thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily, who are posing as members of high society, meet. They fall in love and decide to join forces. They travel to Paris and take jobs with the famous perfumer Madame Mariette Cole, intending to steal a large sum of money from her safe.

After successfully completing a job, Walker is betrayed by his partner, Reese. Two years later, Walker—whom everyone believes to be dead—returns and begins to carry out his plan for revenge, attempting to recover the $93,000 that was stolen from him. However, his former partner is now a member of a major crime syndicate, and getting to him won’t be so easy.