Dan Barnes是前职业拳击手，因为对于暴力的厌倦而退休。现在，他是学校看门人，并帮助学校一个总被欺负的学生。
讲述了在中国传统“家庭”概念制约下的两代人的故事。当妻子发现丈夫与另一个男人在一起，她的家庭避难所就成了礼教的束缚。
三十年代的上海鱼龙混杂，在战争阴云下呈现一派各方势力交错的情景。出身闸北贫民区的黄大刚（张耀扬 饰）为了夺回做了歌女的心上人小珠（于莉 饰），带领一班兄弟闯荡，打出了自己的名号。其时爱国运动正如火如荼，小刀会骆子兴（尹扬明 饰）等人诛杀汉奸不遗余力，日本人多方渗透拉拢，上海公董局总办魏廷炎（刘松仁 饰）与日本人多有勾结。黄大刚为了得到小珠，拜入魏廷炎门下，为其担任先锋四处拼杀，终于做大，抱得小珠志满意得。与此同时，小刀会骆子兴等将暗杀目标锁定为和日本人勾结的魏廷炎。黄大刚心爱的小妹玉瑜（陈松伶 饰）与骆子兴偶然结识后对其一见钟情，希望能够加入小刀会厮守在骆的身边。黄大刚因不满魏廷炎利用小珠而与其翻脸，骆、黄两路人马为国仇家恨誓取魏廷炎性命……
一千年前的世界彻底坍塌了。战争，饥荒，和贪婪杀死人类。没有太多的仍然是除了突变体，败类，和机器人的人。人类是一个久违的概念。每个人都必须杀死的生存。即使圣诞老人。
Bill Kiowa (Montgomery Ford) is released after a five-year prison term for a crime he did not commit. The bandit El Fego (Tatsuya Nakadai), who did the actual crime, also killed Kiowa's young Native American wife. Once free, Kiowa raises a gang to go after the man who framed him. An Italian western in the A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS mold with a better than average cast, which includes Bud Spencer in the debut of his heavy-handed character (later made famous in the TRINITY series) and the outstanding Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai, famous for his role in Akira Kurosawa's KAGEMUSHA. Written by horror-meister Dario Argento and presented here in the English-language version (which, considering it was filmed MOS with an international cast, is nearly as "original dialogue" as its Italian-language counterpart).
