On the eve of his release after five years imprisoned, the thief Corey is contacted by one guard of the prison that offers him a jewelry heist. However Corey seeks out his former boss Rico and steals money from him. Rico sends two gangsters to hunt Corey down and retrieve the stolen amount. Meanwhile the criminal Vogel is transported by train by the Police Officer Mattei and succeeds to escape. Corey drives from Marseille to Paris and Vogel hides in the trunk of his car. Corey finds him but does not object to ride Vogel to Paris hidden in the trunk. When the gangsters sent by Rico cut in Corey's car, Vogel saves him from the criminals, but Corey loses the money. Without money, Corey decides to heist the jewelry with Vogel and invites the former police detective Jansen to team-up with them. The trio executes a perfect heist but Rico is seeking revenge and Mattei is an unethical but efficient police officer capable to use any means to resolve the case. 罪 业 情——《红圈》里的吴氏江湖前传。吴宇森谈《红圈》。男人之间那点事～。安静的警匪片。《红圈》：理工科模范生的作业范本。那些汉子啊……。警匪片的black -scholes model。学习札记。成为善者，然后死去。一部高冷的犯罪片，或者说，巴黎的犯罪片。 由马迪警督押送的嫌疑犯威高（吉昂•马利亚•沃隆特 Gian Maria Volonté 饰）从火车上逃跑，马迪马上联络总部在各处设置路障，并且出动警力大力搜捕威高。科里（阿兰•德龙 Alain Delon 饰）提前从监狱里被释放，当晚找到了昔日旧友里克敲诈得到了钱和枪，随后买了车离开此地。威高死里逃生巧合之下躲进了科里的后备箱里。科里经过路障检查时帮助威高蒙混过关，两人就此结识。他们途中被劫匪抢劫，两人相互配合杀死了劫匪。马迪警官判断威高逃跑会投靠酒吧店主桑提，于是找到桑提要求他当线人并提供线索，桑提拒绝后被拘留。而此时威高和科里找到了被革职的警察简森（伊夫•蒙当 Yves Montand 饰），三人合谋计划一次珠宝抢劫案……
