通过一对生活在小镇母女之间相互依存又相互控制，展开一段关于复杂关系的人性故事。表达了单亲家庭中母女二人因为爱而相互牺牲，展现爱来抵抗不幸生活的价值观，弘扬向正，向善，向上的社会关系，展现人间真情。
某跨国公司总裁，临终前决定将遗产交给在大陆的侄子陆江教授。为此，引出一场我公安人员与国际间谍 国内特务的一场惊险斗争。
细荣(李子雄饰）、阿B（梁朝伟饰），辉仔（张学友饰）在石殎尾陡置区一同成长，三人情同手足，虽然各人家境贫困，年轻的心从没有失去对将来的幻想与憧憬。阿B因要与女友小珍（袁洁莹饰）结婚，众人各出奇谋为阿B筹钱。辉仔借来高利贷途中被劫，辉仔负伤往婚礼。及后，阿B与辉仔往复仇而误杀废强，细荣众人遂到越南逃亡。其时西贡市长外弛内张，对众人来说便是炼狱，更遇上越共刺杀越南政要，细荣遂决定要拼死捞一笔钱才离开越南。细荣远亲中、法混血儿阿乐（任达华饰）是职业杀手，阿乐得悉越南恶霸梁源盛在夜总会有黄金交易，遂与一众里应外合，激战后把黄金抢走，阿B为拯救一位香港女歌星陈秀青而险丧命…… 吴宇森巅峰时期的野心力作，对情与义的探讨有其深邃之处，动作场面火爆亮眼。是港片不可多得的佳作。©豆瓣
A portrait of a man who analyses his life on his 44th birthday. The past and the present, the actual and potential developments blend in a dreamy vision. "The protagonist seems to assume that travelling in time is possible, and things happen in an imaginary, invented time which he fittingly adjusts and changes", said Konwicki in the Film Press News 1/1972. The film is a formally complex analysis of what is commonly referred to as the Polish fate. Awards: 1972 - The Warsaw Mermaid of the Film Critics' Club at the Polish Journalists' Association in the feature film category Special Jury Award at the Lubuskie Film Summer in Lagow 1973 - Special Award for Screenplay at the San Remo Film Festival.
一封没署名的遗书、一群看似无恙的学生，让中学老师郑Sir（卢镇业 饰）想起充满暴力与遗憾的童年往事。他亦面对妻子离别、父亲病危，同时必须找出企图轻生的同学，阻止悲剧重现。
