这是一个关于复仇和家庭的复杂故事，讲述的是自由职业杀手女妖被杀死父亲的雇佣兵伏击的故事。
八国联军入京，朝廷出奔，举国局势一度混乱。黄飞鸿（赵文卓 饰）与父亲黄麒英（刘询 饰）、十四姨（王静莹 饰）、徒弟梁宽（莫少聪 饰）、鬼脚七（熊欣欣 饰）一行人南下番禹，欲与十三姨（关之琳 饰）、猪肉荣（郑则仕 饰）、牙擦苏（郭晋安 饰）汇合。师徒于路同担心海盗夺粮的南粤米仓发生误会，两帮人不打不相识，黄飞鸿助其将盗米贼扭送衙门，惊觉盗米竟是差役领班谢四（张铁林 饰）指使。原来南海海盗趁局势混乱，活动频繁，使番禹一地早无官员统制，差役不得已靠偷盗维持口粮。黄飞鸿有感谢四等人忠义，遂放弃赴港计划，与当地海盗单眼英、张玉麟、张保仔等人展开连场搏杀…… 本片是徐克执导黄飞鸿系列的第五部。
John Wood left the pieces of a broken civilisation behind, to go back to his roots in the woodland, after a virus pandemic struck the world. Residing in a simple cabin, he only wants peace and to live in harmony with nature. Coming from a long line of timber men, he joined the army and served as a soldier for many years. Rebelling against his superiors for killing civilians under martial law. John feels he got his own wife killed when saving hundreds of innocent civilians from certain death. His wife executed point blank as retribution for John's disobedience and supposed heroic acts. Now, a young woman named Maria Johnson has escaped a pandemic research lab. She's been part of experiments to find a cure for the still raging virus. Carrying the potential cure in her blood, she is hunted by profiteers and mercenaries who knows her secret. Coming upon John's cabin in the woods, Maria is instinctively taken into shelter by John. He wants her to recover fast and leave, but by learning her...
由巴兹．库利克导演的该片是史蒂夫·麦奎因的最后遗作，虽然有点 “英雄老矣"的感慨，但他仍将剧中的瑞夫索尔森一角演绎得栩栩如生，入木三分。拍片过程中的高难和危险动作他必亲自上阵，所以给片中的追逐场面增添了几分真实感和刺激感。 该片取材于一个真实故事，讲述一名以追捕通缉犯领取奖金为生的捕头瑞夫索尔森，因长期忙于追捕工作而忽略了与女朋友的关系，致使女友出走。而此时，曾被他逮捕归案的梅森已出狱，他矢志报瑞夫索尔森一箭之仇。他在成功挟持瑞夫索尔森的女友后，两人终于再次对峙。
