Auf den Straßen von Rio de Janeiro herrscht nur eines: Das Recht des Stärkeren. Drogen, Mord, Schutzgeld - eine Stadt lebt in Angst vor den Verbrechern. Doch hier wird schnell klar, dass die schlimmsten Verbrecher Uniform tragen...

Sergeant Nathan West is a propagator of a harsh military training programme that appears to have pushed a group of young recruits too far, when an exercise winds up with them attempting to kill each other. Only two soldiers emerge alive from the slaughter, and West isn't among them. Rogue DEA agent Tom Hardy is called in to question the survivors, teaming up with Lieutenant Julia Osbourne, in an attempt to solve the puzzle...

After a body is found in the walls of a French monastery, Commissioner Niemans, once again teams up with his old partner, Detective Reda, who was already investigating his own murder. As with the first movie, the pair's investigations intertwine and soon they are looking at a giant conspiracy involving a group of monks on steroids lead by Heinrich von Garten.

Sarah Reynolds is leaving art school when she has a run-in with a freaky fan of her art who tries to kill her. A security guard comes to her rescue but the attacker gets away. Sarah is able to provide an accurate description to the police sketch artist and the attacker is apprehended.