It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

A quiet physician from southern China masters martial arts to protect his son and stop a corrupt governor.

A special agent of frontier force in Canton tries to find a spy called aunt Mei.

A washed up musician on the brink of losing everything finds new hope through the gift of a dying father.