清末，太监总管李莲英授意义和团内神打、茅山、术士三坛清除叛徒二舵主雷公（刘家良 饰）。神打坛方少卿（惠英红 饰）与师叔（刘家辉 饰），茅山坛雷勇（刘家荣 饰），术士坛铁猴（小侯 饰）、铁坛主（朱铁和 饰）分头南下广州，寻觅雷公下落。 当年雷公掌管云南分舵，因不愿见弟子凭 借所谓“神打”功夫抵抗洋人军火徒然丧命，不惜违背朝廷旨意，将义和团云南分舵解散，化名雨伯隐居乡间。三坛之追杀人马皆有争功之心，暗斗不止。雷勇更用无赖（傅声 饰）乔装雷公以引出真身。方少卿与铁猴先后为雷公大义感动转变阵营，但三坛坛主仍欲置雷公与死地。影片改编自美国作家谢莉尔·斯瑞德2012年的同名自传，讲述婚姻触礁，母亲去世，自己在绝望中生活多年之后，虽然毫无徒步经验，却独自一人踏上Pacific Crest Trail 远足之路，通过长途步行找回自我的故事。Vienna, 1920. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed. Peter Perg returns home from the Great War, after seven years as a Russian POW. Vienna is experiencing the multiplicity of political, social and artistic freedom, but also the rise of anti-democratic movements, insecurity and unemployment. Peter, a former police inspector, feels like a stranger in the new Austrian Republic. While wanting to leave town, Peter is confronted with the murder of one of his former comrades. He decides to stay and instead bring the killer to justice. His ally is Dr. Theresa Körner, a determined and cool-headed forensic doctor. The two are linked not only by this case, but also by a deeper, shared history. As their investigation progresses, they realise that they are not just up against a systematic killer, who tortures his victims, but also face disapproval and intrigue from within the police force. Though determined to solve the crime, Peter, harbouring his own secrets, increasingly becomes tormented by existential questions What is truth What is heroism in the time of war And all the while he fails to see the mounting danger before him.
