Mercenaries have occupied an offshore platform in Chinese territorial waters by force. The Chinese Navy sets sail to repel the invaders as the Jiao Long commando team prepares for a fierce fight in the deep sea.

In the Hand of Dante follows the parallel lives of a New York author (Nick Tosches) in the 21st century who embarks on a violent journey after he is recruited by a mafia don to steal Italian poet Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy written in the poet's own hand, and Dante in the 14th century seeking inspiration to write his most important work -- each man unknowingly connected through time and their obsessive quest for love, beauty, and the divine.

A group of childhood friends wrestle with the virtue of faith, the possibility of redemption, and the problem of evil.