A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest). She quickly realises that he works for the CIA and he knows that the fall of South Vietnam is very near.
Nick Gunar is a burnt-out, jaded and hard-up former mercenary who is having a difficult time adjusting to civilian life. At the end of his rope, he is hired by the Nitro Mine Corporation to strong-arm the natives of a South China Sea island into giving up their rights to its valuable mineral resources. Nick loathes the thought of another mission, but this seemingly easy job will earn him enough money to get back with his estranged family. He recruits some of his former mercenary buddies to help him with the job. The island people refuse to give up their land and Nick decides to help them fight the greedy corporation that hired him. As greed and treachery begin to unravel, Nick's band of mercenaries choose sides.
A grudge against a young Chinese boy selling tofu named Tofu (Sombat Metani) against a drunkard in the Snake Boxing Bureau arises. This led him to investigate the culprit who killed his father. The name of Chao Som Tam (Piyamas Monyakul) until they became friends. Later, he meets an old beggar who teaches him drunken punches, but in order to take revenge, he has to find a golden boy to know the secret to revenge on the enemy. Tofu is a young Chinese man who sells tofu to find out who killed his father. At the same time, he learned kung fu from the old man and also found love with Piyawan, a vendor of som tum habra. Meanwhile, Touhua discovers that the person who killed his father is Chao Kwai, a disciple of the Snake Boxing Academy, so Touhui must successfully clash with Chao Kwai to get revenge.
A man, Thongphun Khokpho, is released from jail after five years spent for manslaughter. As he tries to make an honest living, he discovers that there's no room in Thai society for ex-cons. He soon gets himself into trouble again.
When the son of a police chief is kidnapped by a psychotic killer governor, he teams up with an old ally of his.
Three wayward characters, Toi, Phol and Nong team up to rob banks, leaving a trail of death behind them.
A photographer in the rain forest is captured by wild natives, and after months of living with them, he marries the chief's daughter and helps protect the village from a vicious cannibal tribe.
A young and idealistic doctor is sent to a remote province in Thailand, where he finds that the residents lack access to public services, the district officer runs an illegal gambling house, and the officials are all corrupt.
1979, Bangkok is a city of 5 million. The film instead focuses on the unhoused people on the streets; their daily lives, their struggles and their dreams.