A group of outlaws takes a man's wife and child hostage. He must walk a fine line between working with the police to rescue his family and not angering the kidnappers to the point where they might hurt or kill them.

Christopher Joett, sympathique mauvais garçon au grand cœur, porte la poisse à son entourage, ce qui lui a valu le surnom de «Lucky Jo». À sa sortie de prison, personne ne veut plus «monter de coups» avec lui. Seul, son ami Simon accepte de le recevoir. Ce dernier, reconverti en garagiste à Bougival, prête une Peugeot 404 à Jo pour qu'il aille revoir Mimi, son ancienne petite amie chanteuse dans un beuglant de Pigalle. Pendant que Jo fête ses retrouvailles avec sa belle, la malchance frappe de nouveau: des gangsters volent la 404 pour commettre un braquage et la police a aussitôt fait de retrouver le propriétaire du véhicule, le garagiste Simon…

The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.

Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.

Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...