John Portenza es un asesino a sueldo y un gran coleccionista de cromos de Baseball . Su hermana pequeña, Vicky trabaja junto a su hermano en el negocio de dar matarile a la gente. Sus vidas cambian cuando John pierde la calma y mata al novio de Vicky, que resulta ser el ahijado del jefe del crimen organizado. El chivatazo de un empleado de pompas fúnebres y un cadáver doblemente muerto, son las pistas que conducen a Vincens, el capo, a poner a los dos hermanos en su punto de mira. Esta aventura pondrá en el ojo del huracán a los dos hermanos.

Johnny Kapahala, a teen snowboarding champion from Vermont, returns to Oahu, Hawaii, for the wedding of his hero -- his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami -- and to catch a few famous Kauai waves. When Johnny arrives, he meets his new family including "Uncle Chris" (the 12-year-old son of his new step-grandmother) who resents the upcoming marriage. Chris's only interest is to join a mountain boarding crew led by a teenage bully. When Johnny's grandfather and his new wife open a surf shop that also caters to mountain boarders, they are soon embroiled in a turf war with a rival shop owner who wants to shut their business down.

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan's when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, Reagan overcomes the odds to become the 40th president of the United States.

Munro, a soldier turned lay preacher, comes to New Zealand to minister to the first British colonists, but he is converted by the powerful chief Maianui to serve a different purpose.