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At dawn of the new millennium, the country is in a state of collapse. Unemployment stands at 15% with millions out of work. School violence is out of control and rebellious teenagers stage mass boycotts. The beleaguered government retaliates with Battle Royale... Each year a randomly chosen class is pitted against itself on an abandoned island in a cruel game of survival.A boisterous group of 9th graders embarks on a school trip. A typical group of adolescents, they flirt, tease, bully and joke as the bus rolls along the highway. Nanahara Shuya, his friends Nobu and Noriko share cookies along the way. When they wake from a drug-induced sleep, they find that they have been hijacked to fight this year's Battle Royale.A former teacher, Kitano (Beat Takeshi), will oversee the battle. Flanked by gun-toting soldiers, Kitano explains that each student has been fitted with a necklace that monitors their location. It can also explode on command. He casually murders Nobu to make the point.
Buck is a salesman at a workout equipment store who harbours dreams of adventures. It all begins on one normal dull day, Buck follows his instincts to trail two suspicious looking men into an alley. When he realises that these men are robbing a jewellery store, he jumps into action to foil their plans. Soon after Buck meets Liu, a private investigator who convinces Buck that he may be the long-lost son of a rich Korean businessman. In no time, Buck is on his way to fulfil his dream of adventure and fortune and travels to Korea and even exotic Turkey. As Buck is drawn deeper into the game of cat and mouse, he realises he has become the key to locating a lung cancer virus. With an assortment of characters fighting him along the way, will Buck succeed in finding the virus himself?

Emperor Qi (Anita Mui), a fatuous and woman chaser ruler, accidentally runs into a beautiful and charming woman Wu Yen (Sammi Cheng), who is the chief of the Yaksha Mountain stronghold. The two fall in love at first sight and soon make a solemn pledge of love. Thinking that this is a heavenly made match, but out of the blues, a large patch of mole appears on Wu Yen's face, which makes Emperor Qi runs away in horror. Actually this is caused by a fox fairy (Cecilia Cheung).The fox fairy forces Wu Yen to make love with her, or she will be ugly for the rest of her life. Although beauty is commendable, love is more valuable and thus the loyal and steadfast Wu Yen refuses the fox fairy's request. This makes the bisexual fox fairy furious so it comes up with a plan. On one hand it disguises as a man to arouse Wu Yen's passion, and on the other hand disguises as a girl to seduce Emperor Qi to become unfaithful.The bisexual fox fairy actually does not know what love is, and finds itself confused. It is wondering whether it now loves Wu Yen or Emperor Qi and thus it is now socialising between the two persons...
Yip and Wu are two popular comic writers who are good friends for many years and together they start a new comic publishing company. By coincidence, their new firm employs a sweet secretary Mei, whom the two fall in love with her at once. Nevertheless, they both always argue with minor things and finally both of them split up. Furthermore, Mei always wants to terminate the love triangle and she contemplates a plan to reunite the two buddies on one special occasion...