老杨头（罗京民 饰）是陕西华县一名独居老艺人，家中珍藏着表演皮影戏的全套行当。一天，离家多年的儿子突然领回了洋女友和洋孙子布鲁克斯（丁佳明 饰）。观念受到冲击的老杨头还未回过神来，儿子和女友又因要远赴可可西里工作而匆忙将布鲁克斯托付给了自己。措手不及的老杨头只得生涩的充当起洋孙子的看护人，爷孙俩时常因东西方文化差异和语言不通发生冲突。为了让布鲁克斯喝到鲜牛奶，老杨头找上了养奶牛的乡文化站王站长（刘天佐 饰）。正酝酿开班传承皮影戏的王站长借机力邀老杨头复出。在王站长不懈的游说和布鲁克斯的影响下，老杨头的皮影班终于成功开授，他与布鲁克斯之间也因为皮影戏这种独特温馨的沟通方式变得亲密无间。

这是一部典型的美国英雄主义电影。香港回归前夕，国际恐怖组织和香港的造假巨头准备抢在回归前完成一项走私活动――将一批香港生产的内藏微型炸弹的假冒名牌V6牛仔裤偷运到美国。幸好美国中情局及早察觉了恐怖分子的计划，于是先后派出了特工哈利（保罗•索尔维诺 Paul Sorvino 饰）、汤米（罗伯•施奈德 Rob Schneider 饰）和凯伦（莱拉•罗尚 Lela Rochon 饰）前往香港调查。不料道高一尺魔高一丈，中情局的特工来到香港后先后和局里失去联系身陷囫囵。中情局无奈之下，只好请香港警方出面帮忙调查。香港警方在v6牛仔裤香港供货商马库斯（尚格•云顿 Jean-Claude Van Damme 饰）的帮助下，展开了一场惊心动魄的反恐行动。

单亲家庭出身的16岁女学生佩佩（黄尧 饰），她的城市既是香港、也是深圳，白天在香港上学，晚上回到深圳跟妈妈（倪虹洁 饰）住在一起，频繁地穿梭于两地。为了和闺蜜Joe（汤加文 饰）一起旅行的约定，为了自己的存在感，为了对Joe男友阿豪（孙阳 饰）懵懂的好感，她内心的冲动被点燃，“水客”成为了她的另一个身份，一段颇有“冒险”感的青春故事就此开始。

An elaborate Hollywood retelling of the Bible stories narrated by the film's director John Huston. We open with the Creation of the World and arrive at the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve (Michael Parks and Ulla Bergryd) and continue on to Cain (Richard Harris) and the murder of Abel (Franco Nero). Next, we visit Noah (John Huston) and his ark with its spectacular flood sequence. Then we come to the story of Nimrod, King of Babel (Stephen Boyd), the emergence of man's vanity and the heights to which it could aspire if unchecked. Finally we cover Abraham (George C. Scott), a mystic who spoke personally with God, a leader of men, a builder of nations, a pioneer and a warrior and Sarah (Ava Gardner). At the time she conceived her first child, the event being forecast by an Angel of the Lord. Three such Heavenly Messengers (all portrayed by Peter O'Toole) appeared in the course of events which befell Abraham and Sarah.