Famous American writer Peter Neal, a master of chilling thrillers, arrives in Rome to promote a new novel. Soon shocking murders begin in the city, which strangely repeat the plot of the book he has just written. Moreover, someone begins to threaten the writer himself, who is forced to start his own investigation.

The events of the film revolve around a chain of mysterious mass murders, gratuitously committed by the most ordinary people. A man climbed a water tower and opened fire from a sniper rifle on a crowd of passers-by; a father of a prosperous family slaughtered his family at a dinner party; a model cop shot a festive demonstration of his colleagues - all of them claimed that the Lord had commanded them to do it....

It turns out that surviving on the battlefields is much easier than in post-war Los Angeles. World War II veteran Easy Rawlins has lost his job and may soon lose the roof over his head. So when he is offered to act as a private detective and find a mysterious beauty, Easy immediately agrees.

100 dollars for such a simple case - more than a bargain. However, to die for 100 dollars was not in his plans. The investigation leads Rawlins into the unpredictable world of big politics, where human life is worth nothing - he could not have guessed that the real war would begin for him after the war.

Nothing brings a family together like minor setbacks. Bob's modest diner has new competitors, and now the owner of the establishment has to literally do everything he can to stay afloat. Unexpected help for Bob can be his own troublemaking offspring, who can properly grate on the nerves of Jimmy Presto, who is annoying his eyes with his pizzeria across the street.

The father of a missing girl hires private detective Sam Morgan. The investigation leads to Dr. Flaman's plastic surgery clinic, where the detective uncovers a terrible secret behind the plastic surgeon's fine reputation.

A young girl who was forced to become a prostitute takes subtle revenge on the people who molested her soul and abused her body.

Boxer Davey Gordon stands up for dancer Gloria Preece when she is attacked by her employer and lover Vincent Rapallo. This event brings them together and they become inseparable, thus awakening resentment on Rapallo's part. He hires men to kill Davey.

Jack Foley is the luckiest robber in the country, having robbed over two hundred banks. One day, after escaping from prison, he realizes he must steal something more valuable than money - the heart of Karen Sisko. She's smart, beautiful, but unfortunately, Karen is also an employee of the prosecutor's office.

Once-in-demand actor Nicolas Cage is going through a prolonged midlife crisis: his career demands a comeback; his ex-wife and 16-year-old daughter are tired of his inflated ego; the hotel where he lives, Cage already owes $600,000. And all the agent can offer is a million-dollar flight to Mallorca for the birthday of a fan favorite, olive king Javi Gutierrez. On the island, Cage is approached by the CIA and asked for help, claiming that the cute Javi is a big arms dealer and in addition kidnapped the daughter of a Catalan politician before the election.

Black private detective Shaft is famous for being the best at working the streets of New York. At first he fights against the king of Harlem, the black gangster Bumpy, but soon he is forced to join forces with him: white mobsters kidnap Bumpy's young daughter.