Plot Summary:The Mekong River, one of the major waterways of Southeast Asia, has suddenly turned ominously bloody. Two Chinese cargo ships, the Hua Ping, and the Yu Xing 8, are hijacked by eight unknown gunmen on a misty October morning. Shots ring out, bodies thrown overboard, and the Thai police afterwards find 900,000 amphetamine pills on-board; an intense international investigation is called between China, Thailand, Laos, and Burma to help recover the bodies of the victimized crews, and to bring vengeance and justice to those who committed the atrocious deed. However, things gradually turn ugly as mistrust envelops the case, where death could reveal itself one turn away.
宁静绝美的湄公河上,突然之间枪声大作。中国商船“远平号”与“兴盛号”的船员全部失踪,未过多久,13名中国船员的尸体浮出水面,这就是震惊全国的2011年“10·5”惨案。在此之后,中国方面迅速牵头组建联合专案组,公安部禁毒局局长江海峰(陈宝国 饰)担任专案组组长,他向国际同行力证遇害者的清白,同时招揽包括高野(王千源 饰)在内的资深刑警进入专案组。在警方的追查下,蒙洪(李修贤 饰)、坎里拉(尤勇 饰)、莫雄(张兆辉 饰)等狡猾凶狠的毒贩相继浮出水面,一场黑白双方的殊死较量即将拉开帷幕…… 本片根据真实事件改编。