 Hitman John Lee owes a debt to Mr. Wei, L.A. s Chinatown drug-lord. When a cop kills Wei s adult son during a drug bust, Wei instructs Lee to kill the cop s seven-year old son while father and son are at play. Lee can t pull the trigger, and he knows Wei will punish him by going after Lee s mother and sister in Shanghai. To reach them fast, Lee needs a forged passport. He seeks out Meg Coburn, a forger. But Wei s men are already on Lee s trail, disrupting his visit to her. Lee and Coburn must fight them off, evade the cops, face replacement killers imported to shoot the cop s son, confront Wei, and get Lee onto a plane to China, passport in hand.