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In a small border town in Yunnan, five young men work hard to achieve their dreams but find it difficult to keep up with the demands of a materialistic society. The fourth brother, A Zhe, is especially troubled as he struggles to raise money for his fiancée's medical treatment. Driven by their desire for wealth, the brothers hatch a plan to rob a jewelry store, but their scheme quickly spirals into a dangerous crisis.
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Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.

Based on real life events from the 1990s, a ruthless gang manages to pull off several high risk – high reward heists, meticulously planned out and executed over nearly a decade. When a police detective thinks he's figured out their pattern, the head of the gang starts to openly taunt him, resulting in a race to the ultimate showdown between cops and robbers.