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　　号称苏州第一快手的杨雄（田野饰）结识了浪人石秀（王戎饰），因为三年前石秀妻子与人通奸，下手杀死了奸夫淫妇，从此隐居翠屏山过着上山劈材的生活。杨雄与石秀拜了把子，请石秀住自己家。杨雄晚上经常被妻子潘巧云（恬妮饰）整得白天精神状态不在，石秀给杨雄出主意要强势一点，被巧娘识破，于是开始设计陷害石秀，杨雄以为石秀跟巧娘通奸，兄弟决裂。后来杨雄知道冤枉石秀兄弟，本想杀了巧娘，没想到又被巧娘陷害，因贪污银两被官府抓起来。最后石秀并没有下得了手杀嫂，而是巧娘为了保护杨雄被裴郎的暗器杀害。

　　1864 After a huge battle and the brutal shelling of the population of Atlanta, Federal troops ("Yanks") take control of the city. Their plan is to use all of the goods remaining in the warehouse district of Atlanta to outfit their army for the upcoming March to the Sea, which they hope will end the War Between the States. Confederate spies move into the warehouse district, disguised as Yanks, to take stock of what is still there that might be of use to the army of the north. They find a lot. The word comes down from Confederate command to burn the entire district, destroying vast quantities of goods and uprooting hundreds of families that have been in the area for decades. "The Burning of Atlanta" is the story of the destruction of a major city near the end of the war, and the desperation and terror this causes in the lives of those who watch their entire society collapse around them.

　　江湖杀手阿平（周润发 饰）是和平饭店的老板，传闻他武功了得，曾经一口气杀了二百多个马贼，并且他宣称和平饭店是一个“避难所”，只要进来住宿的人，无论他得罪了什么帮派，都不许前来挑衅生事，但不保证离开后的安全。
　　歌女阿曼（叶童  饰）的到来打破了这个江湖规矩。阿曼被人追杀，逃至和平饭店。她风情万千，令阿平心生爱意并设法保护她离开饭店，躲避追杀。然而，阿平的用情换来了一个早已布下的陷阱：原来阿曼正是这个陷阱的诱饵！
　　愤怒的阿平决定拿起武器重出江湖，一场腥风血雨的厮杀大肆铺开。

清乾隆年间，红花会舵主于万亭与四当家文泰来趁乾隆皇帝狩猎之际，面呈载有乾隆卑微身世的陈夫人遗书抄本，要挟乾隆与红花会结盟、反清复明。乾隆暗遣张召重杀死于万亭，将文泰来捕获。于万亭义子陈家洛继任舵主，率众前往营救文泰来。途中杀退清军，为来自维疆的木卓伦部队解了围。木卓伦长女霍青桐与家洛一见钟情，随家洛同往劫持囚车，但因清军援兵赶到，未获成功。家洛随即赶赴杭州，偶于飞来峰上与东方耳相遇，二人抚琴论诗，一见如故。后家洛得知乾隆在杭州提审文泰来，夜伏屋顶探视，发现东方耳正是乾隆。不久，家洛返回阔别的故乡，从奶妈处得到亡母陈夫人遗书真迹，方知当朝皇帝乃是在襁褓中被其父用调包计送进王府的胞兄。在父母坟旁，家洛又与乾隆巧遇。乾隆矢口否认自己为陈家后裔，并答应释放文泰来。家洛信以为真，便将亡母遗书投入钱塘江中。岂料乾隆即派重兵围剿红花会。家洛巧施美人计，将乾隆劫持于六和塔上。肃亲王欲借机置乾隆于死地，率八旗炮队猛轰高塔。乾隆万般无奈之下，接受了与红花会结盟反清的协议。本片于1988年获法国巴黎国际妇女电影节特别奖。续集为《戈壁恩仇录》。