Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
Bohatý bankový manažér James King je neprávom odsúdený a má byť poslaný na výkon trestu do väzenia s maximálnou ostrahou. James sa chce poriadne pripraviť na svoje uväznenie v tvrdom kolektíve najhrozivejších väzňov. Najme si preto do svojich služieb muža, ktorý pravidelne umýva jeho auto, aby ho trénoval a zocelil počas posledných tridsiatich dní slobody.
Pracovník reklamnej agentúry Charles Schine je jedným z obyvateľov Chicaga, ktorý každé ráno cestou do práce dobieha na vlak o 8:43. Jedného dňa ho však nestihne a vďaka tomu sa stretne s Lucindou Harrisovou. Stretnutie navždy zmení jeho život. Zo spoločných obedov sa rýchlo stanú koktaily po práci a onedlho ich slepá vášeň zavedie do hotelovej izby. Zdanlivo dokonalý a diskrétny vzťah však naruší brutálny cudzinec LaRoch, ktorý jedného dňa vtrhne do hotelovej izby a mieri na nich pištoľou. Lucindu znásilní a Charles mu musí za mlčanie platiť. Ich tajný vzťah sa mení na nočnú moru.
Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.
An unambitious office worker goes to great lengths—specifically 26.2 miles—to one up his exercise-obsessed, micromanaging boss.
Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest. Despite the overbearing surveillance, double-crossing acquaintances, and growing media interest, David remains defiant and will not apologise. With the court case drawing ever nearer, does David have any hope of winning this battle against Goliath?
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
Mild and meek accountant Sanford Lagelfost has been charged with embezzling $3 million dollars from Trout Industries. A decidedly mixed bag of jurors are chosen to serve on the case, including Eddie, a waiter; Rita, a high-priced call girl; Phil, a high-powered businessman; and Abby, a rabble rousing ex-hippie. When the star witness, the voluptuous Hope Hathaway, takes the stand, she startles everyone with her stories of Sanford's Lothario-esque conquests. Suddenly, the unassuming Sanford is a celebrity heartthrob and he finds himself in headlines and gossip columns across the country. Due to the case's growing notoriety, the judge sequesters the jury. And things start to get wild...
A bank employee uses a loophole in Argentine law to concoct the perfect crime, planning to reap the rewards of his embezzlement after serving six years in prison…
A beautiful computer programmer is framed by her fraudulent lover and sent to prison. When she gets out she agrees to cooperate with a scheme of a fellow-inmate to defraud a bank, in order to have enough money to escape from her (by then) ex-lover.
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.