To betjente bliver hver især svigtet af deres kærester og lukker sig inde med et nærmest rituelt vemod. Betjent #223 køber al den dåseananas (ekskærestens yndlingsfrugt), der har sidste salgsdato den 1. maj (hendes fødselsdag). Betjent #663 henter hver aften en bestemt salat til sin stewardesse-kæreste, indtil ejeren af fastfood-restauranten overtaler ham til at variere menuen. To dage senere afleverer hun afskedsbrev ved serveringsdisken. Hvad nu? 'Chungking Express' er en sørgmodig, skæv, vittig og varm fortælling om tilfældighed og mønstre i en storby.

Hee-Bong har en lille café ved bredden af Seouls Han-flod. Han er enlig far og mens midlerne er små, er familiesammenholdet stort. Floden gemmer dog på en hemmelighed, som får store konsekvenser for den lille familie: En gigantisk, muteret haletudse, der skaber rædsel i hele den koreanske hovedstad, og som vælger at kidnappe Hee-Bongs yngste datter.

In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo behaves more like a typical boss.

Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a former Pakistani rock star turned immigrant, drags his heavy cart along the streets of New York. And every morning, he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. One day, however, the pattern of this harsh existence is broken by a glimmer of hope for a better life.

While we have a few minutes before the show, stop by our refreshment stand! We have all kinds of tasty treats! Popcorn for all eternity! Hell's on it's way!