Ernest Hemingway’s influential short story The Killers (1927), has been adapted to film by Robert Siodmak and Andrei Tarkovsky, while Edward Hopper’s painting Nighthawks (1942) is also said to have been inspired by the story. The Killers, an omnibus film comprised of four-shorts, takes motifs from these two classics and borrows some of their imagery as mise-en-scène. The 4 directors unfold the noir world of death and waiting with different senses and sensibilities. Kim Jong-kwan’s Metamorphosis, which depicts the awakening and manifestation of power following bloodsucking; Roh Deok’s Contractors, a pyramid of contract killings and subcontracted labor; Chang Hang-jun’s Everyone is Waiting for the Man, which tracks down a ghostly figure called a mysterious killer; and Lee Myung-Se’s Silent Cinema, an allegory of his longtime dream of cinema and the world. Notably, Actor Shim Eun-kyung appears in all four films, each time in a completely different role, adding to the delight. It’s an unconventional collection of emotional, psychological, and action-oriented films.

25年前，高中生任娜美（沈恩京 饰）一家从全罗道搬到汉城，娜美入读真德女子高中，因方言浓重怯于开口的娜美幸运的得到了同班大姐头夏春花（姜索拉 饰）的维护，并与围绕在夏春花周围的执着于双眼皮的金玫瑰、满嘴脏话的黄珍熙、梦想成为作家的徐金玉、要成为韩国小姐的俞福姬以及沉默傲慢的美人郑秀智等五人结识。在一次和不良少女团对决之后，春花和娜美等七人组成了“Sunny”团体…… 　　多年以后，家庭主妇娜美在去医院探望母亲时偶然重逢了身患绝症住院的春花，后者希望在生命的最后两个月内，能够再见当年的Sunny成员。娜美找到金玫瑰，两人委托私家侦探寻找当年的同伴，而那些关于青春的回忆，也在一个个熟悉的名姓后面再次被唤醒。

光海君8年，政局混乱，权力纷争，时时刻刻威胁着君王的切身安全。处于恐惧，光海君（李秉宪饰）找到都承旨许均（柳承龙饰），让他想办法给自己找一个替身，以备不测。许均通过妓院认识的醉客找到了说相声为生的平民男子河善（李秉宪饰），惊奇地发现该男子竟然长着一副和光海君一样的面孔，还具备卓越的口才和模仿天赋，几乎就是君王替身的不二人选。于是，许均带着河善回到皇宫，准备实施“狸猫换太子”的奇谋。一天，光海君突然失去意识跌倒。许均借为君王治疗之机，实行调包，将市井草根河善送进中宫。在许均的指点下，河善开始模仿君王的口气、走路的姿势，并且恶补国情现状，以及治理国家的方法等等。可在外人看来，“君王”还是从里到外发生了意想不到的改变，以前那个暴虐蛮横的光海君不见了，取而代之的则是一个和善温暖的全新帝王。而在“执政”的过程中，河善也渐渐发出了自己的声音，这对许均来说可是始料未及的。