Though only in his 20s, professional boxer Johnny Walker (Mickey Rourke) is on the downswing of his career and suffering from a mild form of brain damage. Resettling in the beachfront resort of Asbury Park, N.J., he falls in with shady promoter Wesley Pendergrass (Christopher Walken) and meets kindhearted boardwalk operator Ruby (Debra Feuer). When Wesley proposes cutting Johnny in on a criminal undertaking, Johnny must choose between a life of crime and a settled future with Ruby.

In apartheid-era South Africa, a man (Thomas Jane) robs banks while maintaining his job as a police captain.

A reform-schooled teen (Rick Schroder) and his college-bound brother (Brad Pitt) become rival high-school runners.

Kyle LeBlanc (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is an honorable citizen who winds up incarcerated in Russia after he takes revenge on the man who murdered his wife, resulting in the killer's death. Unfortunately for Kyle, he is assigned to a prison that is renowned for its violence. Controlled by a corrupt and sadistic warden, the facility regularly holds brutal fights between inmates. In order to survive in the prison, Kyle must participate in the battles, even as he attempts to retain his humanity.

A court orders Hunter to produce an informant in a murder case, which he defies when the killer is released on bail.