UCLAcollegestudentJonathanMoore(AnthonyEdwards)isplayingagamecalled"Gotcha"(popularonmid-1980scollegecampusesas"Assassin"or"Tag"),whereintheplayersareallassignedamock"hit"onanotherplayerbyuseofaharmlesspaintballgun.MooreandhisapartmentroommateManologoonavacationtoParis,France.AftertouringsomeofParis,inacafeMooremeetsSashaBanicek(LindaFiorentino),aCzechoslovakiangirl.Eventually,JonathanhasintercoursewithSasha,losinghisvirginity.　　JonathandecidestoleaveManolo(whoisheadingtoSpain)andgowithSashatoWestBerlintospendmoretimewithher.JonathanbelievesthatheisinlovewithSasha.There,JonathanandSashacontinuetohavesexandevengotoanOktoberfestbeergathering.Onenight,SashatellsJonathanthatshehastogotoEastBerlintopickupapackage.OnenightafterarrivinginEastBerlin,Sashaleavestheirhotelroomandwalkstodarkstreetcorner.There,SashameetsaGermanmanwhotellsherthelocationofthepickupofherpackage.Meanwhile,SashawasbeingmonitoredbyaSovietagent,whowassittinginacaratadistance.Duringtheday,SashatellsJonathanthatifshegiveshimacertainmessage,itmeansthathehastoleaveEastBerlinimmediately.Atacafe,SashagivesJonathanapackageandsaysthatastrudelisinside.Alittlelater,SashatellsJonathantomeetheratthebutchershopneartheirhotel.Allofasudden,aSovietagentbeginstochaseafterSasha.SashadecidestouseJonathan(whoisholdingherpackage)tounknowinglygetthepackageovertoWestBerlin.Meanwhile,SashaistakenbytheSovietagentandEastGermansecretpolice.　　JonathangoestoCheckpointCharlietocrosstheheavilyfortifiedborderintoWestBerlin.AttheEastGermancustomssearch,Jonathanisstrippedofhisclothesandgivenacavitysearch.Meanwhile,Sashaisstrippedandsearchedforpossibleespionageevidence.VladarrivesatthebordercrossingtosearchforJonathan,howeverJonathanpassesthebordersafelybeforehecanbecaptured.OnceinWestBerlin,JonathanfeelsliberatedbytheWesternizedsociety.Inthehotel,JonathanreceivesamessagefromSashatomeethimataspecifiedlocation.Jonathanfindsoutthathishotelroomwasbrokenintoandrobbedofhistraveler'schecks.SovietagentseventuallyfindJonathaninWestBerlinandchasehimthroughoutapublicpark.JonathanjumpsintoawatercanalandmanagestoescapefromtheSovietsandstumblesuponaGermanrockgroupheadedforHamburg,whoofferhimaridetotheairport.　　TherockgroupsuccessfullygetJonathantotheairport(usingfull-facemakeuptosneakhimpastacheckpoint)andJonathanfinallyarrivesinLosAngelesTomBradleyInternationalAirportandtohisapartment.Soon,VladandabandofSovietagentsarrivetooinLosAngeles.Oncehome,Jonathanstumblesuponafilmcanister,whichwasplantedbySasha.JonathanvisitshisparentsandtellsthemwhathappenedinGermanybuttheycannotbelieveawordofitandthinkJonathanisondrugs.JonathandecidestocalltheFBIthentheCentralIntelligenceAgencyforhelp.Jonathanreturnstofindhisapartmentbrokenintoandlooted.　　TheCIAofficertellsJonathantogivethemthephotofilmcanister.AttheLosAngelesheadquartersoftheCIA,JonathanspotsSashawholookslikeshewasworkingthere.JonathaneventuallymeetsupwithSasha.SashaadmitsthatsheisCherylBrewster,aCIAagent,originallyfromPittsburgh.Outofnowhere,VladandhisgangbegintochaseJonathanandCherylontheUCLAcampus.JonathaneliminatesalltheSovietswithatranquilizergunwhichhegetsfromthecampusveterinarysciencesbuilding.TheSovietsarearrested,theCIAagentsthankJonathanforhis(indirect)helpinobtainingthefilm,andSashatellshimshewantstocontinuetheirrelationship.　　Aftertheypart,Jonathantalkstoaprettystudentwhorebuffshimcoldly.Asshewalksaway,heaimsthetranquilizerpistolandshootsherintherear.

西德安全警察，需要帮助渗透到一个与在arme连接有关联的组织。瑞典的詹姆斯·邦德，卡尔·汉密尔顿，假扮成一名瑞典军官，来到汉堡，在被曝光为东德间谍后被赶出了该国。他与恐怖分子接触并加入他们。他们正计划一起打击位于斯德哥尔摩的中情局总部。

意大利警察尼克不满自己的待遇和所处的生活环境,考虑辞掉警察工作,而他的好友托尼则为了养家糊口，接受了为大商人做保镖的工作，并邀请尼可一起帮忙，尼克看在老朋友份上答应了托尼，却不聊那位商人还是遭到了暗杀，托尼也惨遭杀害，当然他也立刻成为的敌人的目标。                                     作为一名警察，尼可假扮那次暗杀活动中的一名司机，独闯虎穴。在女团伙成员维维安的帮助下，尼可终于搞清了这伙国际暗杀组织的底细，但同时他也将他自己和维维安的处境立于极其危险的境地......

意大利警察尼克不满自己的待遇和所处的生活环境,考虑辞掉警察工作,而他的好友托尼则为了养家糊口，接受了为大商人做保镖的工作，并邀请尼可一起帮忙，尼克看在老朋友份上答应了托尼，却不聊那位商人还是遭到了暗杀，托尼也惨遭杀害，当然他也立刻成为的敌人的目标。                                     作为一名警察，尼可假扮那次暗杀活动中的一名司机，独闯虎穴。在女团伙成员维维安的帮助下，尼可终于搞清了这伙国际暗杀组织的底细，但同时他也将他自己和维维安的处境立于极其危险的境地......

平静的城市中突然发生了一系列暗杀事件，受害者皆为退役特种部队上校约翰（ArnoldSchwarzenegger饰）的昔日部下，老上司克比为此拜访了约翰的山间小屋向其提出警告，退隐多时的约翰只想同尚年幼的女儿詹妮享受生活，不愿再次卷入仇杀，岂料这次的敌人尾随克比寻至约翰住处，他们掳走了詹妮，强迫约翰刺杀奥维地共和国总统，以便为幕后策划者阿里乌斯登上该国总统之位铺平道路。　　约翰当然不会就范，他摆脱了随行的监视人员，从飞机一跃而下，暂时脱离了阿里乌斯的控制之后，他只有十一小时救出詹妮。约翰在机场请求素不相识的黑人姑娘西迪（RaeDawnChong饰）相助，两人一同经历了连串的火爆战斗，西迪对这位陌生魁梧男子的态度由戒备转向全力协助，并最终登上了阿里乌斯藏匿的岛屿…