Mathieu Kassovitz writes, directs and stars in this French hostage drama. The film traces the events surrounding the real-life abduction of 30 gendarmes by local Kanak separatist rebels in France's South Pacific territory of New Caledonia in 1988. Sent to accelerate the release of the hostages, negotiator Capt. Philippe Legorjus (Kassovitz) soon finds himself caught between the demands of Kanak leader Alphonse Dianou (Iabe Lapacas) and the machinations of his political masters back in France, who, with an election looming, are eager to show their decisiveness by resorting to military action.

Hong Kong action thriller directed by Johnnie To. French pop star Johnny Hallyday stars as Castello, a former hitman suffering from short-term memory loss on account of a bullet lodged in his brain. After a violent mafia attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong leaves her husband and two children dead, Castello enlists the help of three professional assassins - Kwai (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang), Chu (Ka Tung Lam) and Lok (Suet Lam) - to exact his revenge.