Une série de meurtres effroyables terrorise la population de Los Angeles. Une jeune journaliste de télévision mène sa propre enquête.

En 1997, Manhattan est devenu une immense île-prison ou trois millions de détenus sont organisés en bandes rivales. À la suite d'un attentat, l'avion du Président des États-Unis se crashe dans le pénitencier. Le chargé de sécurité Bob Hauk décide d'envoyer un prisonnier pour le récupérer. Ce détenu s'appelle Snake Plissken. Lâché à l'intérieur, il doit se frayer un chemin en évitant les loubards et les cannibales qui peuplent Manhattan. Snake n'a que quelques heures pour récupérer le président, éviter un incident diplomatique catastrophique et surtout... désamorcer les mini-bombes qu'on lui a implantées dans le corps à son insu.

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.