Carl en zijn partner Yaya worden op een luxe cruise uitgenodigd. Door een ongeluk zinkt het jacht en strandt het koppel met enkele miljardairs en een schoonmaakster op een eiland. In een strijd om te overleven wordt de hiërarchie helemaal op zijn kop gezet.
China, 928 AD Tang Dynastie. De genadeloze Keizer Ping keert onverwachts terug naar het paleis met zijn tweede zoon, Prins Jai, om de Chong Yang feest te vieren met zijn familie. Echter de hechtheid van de koninklijke familie, en zodoende die van het keizerrijk, staat zwaar onder druk. De relatie tussen de Keizer en Keizerin Phoenix, die aan een mysterieuze ziekte lijdt, is al jaren geleden bekoeld. Ondertussen heeft zij een geheime relatie met Kroonprins Wan, haar stiefzoon, terwijl hijzelf droomt van een andere vrouw. Echter, zoals een koninklijke familie betaamt, is uiterlijke schijn alles. Maar niets is wat het lijkt, als donkere geheimen langzaam maar zeker hun weg naar boven vinden.
Mikolás en zijn broer Adam beroven reizigers voor hun tirannieke vader Kozlík. Één van hun overvallen mislukt waardoor ze met een Duitse gijzelaar komen te zitten en een gevlucht slachtoffer dat de Koning gaat waarschuwen.
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
Een roekeloze, wapensmokkelende piloot moet beslissen: Pancho Villa helpen in de Mexicaanse revolutie van 1912 of voor het vuurpeleton komen te staan.
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.
In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys that ruled those lands—fights to preserve its waning power in the face of the newly unified Italian regime.
Madame Tang verbindt de overheid en particuliere bedrijven. Ze bemiddelt tussen hen ten gunste van haar volledig vrouwelijke familie. In één geval loopt het niet volgens plan. Een heel gezin, dat dicht bij haar staat, wordt het slachtoffer van een gruwelijke moord.
This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notices a familiar face approaching him from amidst the chaos - his girlfriend, Yuri. Goro had sent her to safety, but she had returned, aching to see him. Caught between Goro and his enemy knife, she reunites with her love - the price was her life.
Fresh off a winning case that brought her unwanted internet fame, a rising ADA learns of the district's most respected judge allegedly assaulting her best friend. She starts a case but is surprised to be met with resistance by the district attorney who mentored her, her best friend who questions the system and her motives, and the judge himself who knows her own dark secret.
In the toxic haze of Chang'an the Crown Prince, one of the candidates for the role of the future emperor, is trying to seize power. Meanwhile the beautiful merman Yixia becomes the male favorite of Che Yuanshan, the Minister of Criminal Justice . Fleeing from Chang'an with hatred, he finally returns to Che Yuanshan with a sharp knife of revenge.
Sleazy director "auditioning" actresses for a movie and trying to get them to commit to more to get the part.
Fred MacMurray stars as a US Army misfit who, with pals Albert Dekker and Gilbert Roland, roam the west in search of adventure. Arriving in a small town, they befriend the elderly newspaper editor (Arthur Allen) and his young granddaughter (Betty Brewer). The trio learns that the community is under the thumb of a covetous land baron (Joseph Schildkraut), who is endeavoring to push out the ranch owners and take over the territory.
A one night stand gets competitive when two guys find out they are both tops.
What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it?
A power struggle floats in the judiciary. A dead body in a dust-bin. More death. Superintendent Sven Thorén is fed up with dead bodies. His partner Olle Lyck is tired of most of it. Not to mention System 84.
A pretentious cinephile has achieved his dream of starting a film club. Joined by two typical village idiots, whose main concerns are black and white movies and if free food will be provided, attempt to hijack the club for their own.
After three siblings get left home alone for the weekend and chaos ensues, a hierarchy is formed and tensions rise. The house deteriorates due to their lack of life skills, as the siblings plot to overthrow each other.