影片被描述为“对生命意义的诗意沉思”。故事发生在1955年一座虚构的美国沙漠小镇，镇上正在举办一场年轻天文学家/太空人大会，原本的计划是让来自美国全国各地的学生和家长聚集在一起进行学术竞赛并且争取奖学金，但是却意外被即将改变全世界的大事件打乱原来的行程。

Twenty years ago at the infamous Redwood Farm, the owner went mad and killed his family and himself. Shrouded in urban legend ever since, a stranger obsessed with the unsolved Redwood murders convinces a group of bereaved family members to venture into the wilderness in the hope of proving the existence of the notorious burlap bag-masked maniac. Their quest for truth sees a sinister turn of events, as the hunters become the hunted and a blood-soaked fight for survival ensues when they find that the sinister tales told of the axe-wielding psycho farmer are very real indeed.

故事发生在清末民初时期，九河下梢天津卫，四面八方的豪杰高手云集于此。武林高手东方旭（李俊峰 饰）打把势卖艺，期间与神州武术馆掌门何大海以拳会友，更结识了沾亲带故并有一身绝学的行脚郎中神掌李（张云溪 饰）。经过神掌李的指点传授，本就武功高强的东方旭突飞猛进，将八卦掌练得炉火纯青。就在此时，俄罗斯大力士达德洛夫耀武扬威来到天津卫，仗着自己的蛮力和不败的战绩趾高气昂，目中无人。火爆脾气的何大海出头，谁知遭到奸人暗算。而东方旭慨然出战，要为炎黄老爷们儿们挣得一口气，绝不甘心受洋人的欺凌和嘲弄。东方旭和武术家们由此上演了一段流传甚广的武林传奇……

伍迪艾伦又一探讨人性的小品佳作，戴安和男友洛伊去探访女儿莲恩，莲恩爱上邻居彼德，但彼德爱的却是莲恩的好友史蒂芬妮。霍华对莲恩有好感，但却不敢表达。这六个人在某个夏日周末全都聚在一块了，而一连串的精彩好戏就此展开………