秀才宋世杰乃著名状师，但因数年来妻子红英年头产子，年尾夭折，人说皆因杰任状师，颠倒事非，以致折损阴德，故红英力劝杰封笔，二人开设悦来客栈作生计，从此不理公堂事。一日，杰与妻泛舟湖上，救了自杀少妇杨秀珍，珍称夫姚二被嫂姚田氏毒害，自己则险被嫁祸而逃了出来，但又无依无靠，致寻死路。英未嫁时乃绿林英雌，至今仍是义气女子，决定为珍申冤，设计游说杰重操旧业。
英俊潇洒的托马斯（Daniel Giménez Cacho 饰）是个风流倜傥的女性杀手，他终日游走花丛中，与之发生关系的女性不计其数。年轻的护士希尔维亚（Dobrina Liubomirova 饰）便是这众多女性中的一员，她反感托马斯的处世态度，决心戏耍他一番。希尔维亚在托马斯的体检报告中小动手脚，使其体检呈阳性。得知自己罹患艾滋病的托马斯无比绝望，他决定以自杀结束多姿多彩却短暂的一生。偶然机会，他邂逅了因丈夫外遇而同样想自杀的克拉莉萨（Claudia Ramírez 饰）…… 本片荣获1992年墨西哥电影金像奖最佳原创剧本奖，并位列墨西哥百佳电影第87位。
A scientist performing illegal stem cell research is trying to find a cure for cancer. After the transfer of shark cells is made into a human test subject, the ill man gets well again and it looks like the treatment was a success. But the experiment goes wrong, and the man transforms into monster: half-shark & half-human. But the scientist knows how to use this to his advantage. He has invited some of his old pals to the island and is hoping to take revenge on them with his new creature. But do they have any tricks up their sleeve?
