Ο Κρος είναι ένας άνεργος πράκτορας της C.I.A. με ένα συγκλονιστικό μυστικό. Ο Σκορπιός είναι ένας γάλλος εκτελεστής με φημισμένη ακρίβεια στις δολοφονίες του. Και οι δύο είναι ειδικοί στον τομέα τους θαρραλέοι, ευφυείς και θανάσιμοι. Όταν οι προσωπικές τους φιλοδοξίες και κάποιες ανεξέλεγκτες πολιτικές δυνάμεις τους φέρνουν αντιμέτωπους, ο κάθε ένας βρίσκεται να παλεύει για τη ζωή του στη σκληρή πραγματικότητα του Ψυχρού Πολέμου...

Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care.

Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famous.

A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.

Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for a small literary magazine. He wants to leave his former life behind, going as far as saying good-bye to his wife and mistresses. He finds, however, that it's not so easy to escape the past.