该片改编自张爱玲曾将其“翻译”成国语的吴语小说《海上花列传》。上海英租界一所名叫“长三公寓”的高级妓院里，红倌人沈小红（羽田美智子）、黄翠凤（李嘉欣）与周双珠（刘嘉玲）心事迥异，一个想同某个男人建立长久关系，一个一边与多个男人斡旋，一边秘密锁定其中最有闲有钱的一位，想其 将来帮她赎身，另一个心地仁厚，却又看破红尘，觉得人生不过如此。 几个女人用生存、竞争与心计作武器参与两性（同性）斗争，来到妓院狎妓的男人则抛出金钱、权力与性，见招拆招。
二戰後期美國與納粹在法國一處農村展開戰火，年輕的美國軍人路易斯因一次猶豫，導致上尉貝克特受了重傷。中尉麥克斯威爾倉促調度準備撤離，然而在離開前，戰地醫院被以迪崔為首的納粹勢力占領。貝克特的傷勢每況愈下，路易斯為了彌補自己犯下的大錯，把握僅剩的最後一次機會、進行脫逃搶救，帶領美國人得到自由。
The Vigilante Diaries is a high octane action-adventure film featuring 90's movie heroes, explosive action, and international espionage. The film revolves around a team of black-ops agents turned crime-fighters, led by a brooding anti-hero, known only as "The Vigilante." These jam-packed missions of rescue and revenge take us from the mega-mansions and underbelly of Los Angeles to far away places like Iraq, Armenia, Russia, and The United Kingdom to introduce us to a cast of colorful, dangerous, and hilarious characters. From Beverly Hills filmmaker Mike Hanover, to a trio of Asian femme fatales, to ruthless Armenian mobsters, and at the top, a pair of deep cover super spies hell bent on throwing the world into chaos.
