What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.
William Canfield jr. torna dopo molti anni nella ruvida cittadina del Sud degli Stati Uniti che gli ha dato i natali. L'azzimato e gracile damerino di città fa una cattiva impressione sul padre, proprietario di un vecchio e malandato battello a vapore. William commette anche l'"errore" di innamorarsi della figlia del ricco rivale di suo papà che possiede invece una grandiosa e moderna imbarcazione. L'arrivo di un ciclone rimescolerà le carte.
Willie is a young man who has everything that he wants. He lives on a mountain, goes skiing whenever he wants and has a simple job working for an old man. But when the old man’s business is threatened, Willie signs up for the first Kamikaze run, a downhill skiing race where only the very best and craziest person will win. And Willie is a little bit crazy, only he doesn’t know it or care. In the competition, he meets a young woman named Annie, whom he falls a little bit in love with, but Willie also needs to fend off the schemes of Spider Bolton, a man who will do whatever it takes to win.
A superhero becomes bored with the lack of crime in his town.