A widower’s relationship with a madwoman leads to tragedy.

Former Taiping Perak, General Liu Hedong lives in Baling Kedah with his daughter, live by running a small sculpture shop. One fine day, a wealthy businessman named Yang invited him to his boat, and pleads for him to copy the famous Yueyanglou plaques. Liu believes Yang is quiet sincere person , so he readily agrees. Within a day and night of hard work, he made replica worthy of the original plaque.

Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and Lumière-brothers' shorts to open the Shadow Magic theater. Liu's work with Wallace brings him conflict with tradition and his father's authority, complicated by his falling in love with Ling, daughter of Lord Tan, star of Beijing's traditional opera. Liu sees movies as his chance to become wealthy and worthy of Ling. When the Shadow Magic pair are invited to show the films to the Empress Dowager, things look good. But, is disaster in the script? And, can movies preserve tradition even as they bring change?

Outlaw Huang Tian-ba becomes indignant when his adopted brother is killed by Shi Shalun the Yangzhou magistrate. Armed with his Golden Darts he wages a one man war on the magistrate and his army. A brilliant Wu Shu action film.