影片讲述旧金山市两个出租车司机在唐人街里寻找一位偷走他们四千块钱的神秘客人的故事。虽然只是一部带有强烈个人风格的低成本影片,但这部影片被认为是独立制片的先锋作品,而且把亚裔美国人作为影剧院片主角引领到了大银幕上,而从此王颖也进入好莱坞主流导演行列。Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.