黑夜降臨，五名拿到追殺令的職業殺手開始執行任務。警局雇請來自香港的殺手李聖也在今夜抵達，李聖唯一的任務就是獵殺這五名殺手。已完成任務的四名殺手，先後遭到跟蹤在後的李聖襲擊身亡，第五號目標馬修逃過李聖的攻擊，負傷前往東角。而警官卡拉漢擔心遭到李聖的背叛，打算一舉將他與馬修殲滅，便派遣一支特種部隊前往東角，大批人馬聚首，槍林彈雨之下誰能殺出重圍生存下來…

　　It’s winter in France, the light is dull, the camera pans over a snowy wasteland and enters a massive construction of steel and glass that is open at the sides, stopping in front of the reproduction of a wooden ship. The structure that juts out over the upper deck is inscribed with the words ‘Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité’.　　Med Hondo uses this tracking shot to establish the setting of his feature film West Indies ou les nègres marrons de la liberté (1979), while opening up a much larger space to the imagination at the same time. The ship turns out to be a most versatile stage for a grotesque narrative of colonialism, slavery and the struggle for independence in the French West Indies. Med Hondo explores his many themes in this limited space, whether it be the Middle Passage, marronage, abolition or the history of labour migration to France. The film marries an aesthetics of thrift with the flamboyance of a musical; different time periods glide into one other as elegantly as the geographical points of reference; and only occasionally do the actors’ visible exhalations, an alienation effect created by the cold, remind us that West Indies was not shot on Martinique.

　　本片改编自美国家喻户晓的连环杀手“艾德.盖恩”的真实故事，但修改了案发地和凶手的姓名，此片讲述了凶手在他母亲死后由于受不了母亲已经死亡的打击，开始犯下盗墓、谋杀、毁尸、食人和恋尸癖等罪，并开始慢慢走向精神错乱的过程……

　　绰号巴比龙的亨利·查理尔（史蒂夫·麦奎因 Steve McQueen饰）正要被流放到圭亚那一个名为“魔鬼岛”的苦役营终身服刑。查理尔因被控杀害一名皮条客而被捕入狱，可他始终认为自己是冤枉的。在押运船上，身强力壮的查理尔保护了一个带着眼镜狡猾的知识分子路易斯·德加（达斯汀·霍夫曼 Dustin Hoffman饰）。为了洗刷自己的罪名，查理尔从他踏上“魔鬼岛”的第一天起，就开始在德加的帮助下策划越狱逃跑。然而“魔鬼岛”地处荒蛮之地，四面环水，并且到处流行着可怕的疾病。查理尔一次又一次地逃狱，又一次再一次地被捉回。十多年来，他仍孤注一掷地抱着一袋椰壳跳下大海逃生。　　美国经典越狱冒险剧情片《巴比龙》，根据法国囚犯亨利·查理尔于1969年发表的同名畅销书籍《巴比龙》改编而成。巴比龙是亨利·查理尔的绰号，绰号得名于他胸前蝴蝶形的纹身。本片荣获1974年第46届奥斯卡金像奖剧情类最佳原创配乐提名，并获得1974年第31届金球奖电影类-剧情类最佳男主角提名。