A cargo ship exploded in San Perero Harbor, California, killing 27 people and missing $90 million. After the accident, FBI agent Bekic waited for the unconscious survivor in the hospital; Customs agent David (Chazz Palminteri) interrogated another survivor, Kint (Kevin Spacey), who had received a pardon. Kint confessed that Keaton (Gabriel Byrne), Fate (Benicio Del Toro), McManno (Stephen Baldwin), Duxney (Kevin Pollack), who died in the accident, and himself were taken to the police station as suspects in a truck robbery six months ago. The five formed a criminal gang, colluded with each other, and made a lot of money. The good times didn't last long. One day, lawyer Xiaolin (Pet Postlethwaite) found them and asked them to burn the drugs on the cargo ship for the mysterious leader Caesar Soul. Fate was the first to quit and was killed immediately. The remaining four had to accept the task. On the freighter, McManno, Fate, and Keaton did not find the drugs and were killed by Caesar one after another. The ship was also blown up. Gent survived by chance because he stayed on the shore to meet the rescue. On the other side, the survivors rescued in the hospital pieced together Caesar's head portrait, which surprised everyone...