Bill Kerr

　　The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upset's the natural order of the police/criminal relationship and the police and the crooks join forces to catch the IPOs (Impersonating Police Officers), including an armored car robbery in which the police must help the gangs to set a trap.

　　故事发生在六十年代初期的印尼，盖伊（梅尔·吉布森 Mel Gibson 饰）是被电视台派往此处进行采访调查的记者。彼时，政府在雅加达刚刚成立，国内的情势一片混乱，这让盖伊的采访毫无头绪，一次偶然中，盖伊结识了名为比利（琳达·亨特 Linda Hunt 饰）的记者，比利虽然身材矮小，人脉却四通八达，在比利的帮助下，盖伊开始逐渐接触到了隐藏在这个政府中的某些秘密。　　在雅加达，盖伊还邂逅了吉尔（西格妮·韦弗 Sigourney Weaver 饰），一位美丽而又勇敢的独立女性，两人之间碰撞出了爱情的火花。雅加达的局势不断的恶化着，比利和盖伊之间的友情亦因为种种矛盾而产生裂痕。