传说，遥远的北方有明月国与赤乌国，长期对峙，连年征战。是年，明月国的蔷萍公主(十七 饰)与少将军周世琰(洋懿 饰)在宫中一同甜蜜表演皮影戏时，意外卷入一桩阴谋，随之，一段虐心的三角爱情故事娓娓道来。故事巧妙地运用传统技艺“皮影戏”贯穿了男女主人公的爱情主线。皮影牵连着他们的情缘， 也承载着他们的爱恨情仇；皮影既是两个人的定情物，又是他们自己的化身。乱世之中，他们将何去何从？
Astronomer Bill Whitley is so preoccupied with the new comet he's discovered that his time at the observatory sometimes comes at the expense of his beautiful wife, Vicky. When the neglected spouse becomes influenced by an eccentric neighbor into believing in the power of astrology, she subscribes to a weekly horoscope from a phony seer, the appropriately named Margaret Sybill. When the beautiful Mrs. Whitley reads that a new dream man will be coming soon into her life, she assumes he's taken the form of Lloyd Hunter, a handsome and dashing foreign correspondent who doubles as the neighborhood air raid warden. A frantic Bill realizes that he's going to have to keep closer track of his earthbound heavenly body if he's going to keep the prediction from becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.
暗黑、摇晃的船舱，来自柬埔寨的杀手鹏（陈冠希 饰），狗一般在抢食已经洒在地上的残羹冷炙。甚至，在杀人前，还不忘点了满满一桌的食物，风卷残云之后再冷静杀人施然离去。 因身为警察的父亲涉毒而大受的打击的重案组探员伟（李灿森 饰），冷漠，行事不按指令，孤僻暴躁。在追捕鹏的过程中屡屡失败而令他愈来愈走向极端，以暴制暴的手段充满了血腥。 鹏在逃亡途中遇上了轻微智障女子（裴唯莹 饰），互生情愫，最终二人一起逃回柬埔寨。 伟死心不惜，追到了柬埔寨。二人狗咬狗般的追捕和互相角力又开始了！
泰牧（赵善穆 饰）虽然已经成家，却依然和熙莱（安智慧 饰）保持着情人的关系，某日，两人相约去国外度假，然而，约定之日到来时，泰牧却没有出现，并且之后一直音信全无。悲伤的熙莱以为泰牧是在意这种方式表示同自己分手的讯息，殊不知，此时的泰牧已经遭到妻子福顺（李珍珠 饰）的监禁，并且强行带往了武州。 泰牧还有另一个年轻的情人名叫秀芝（吴仁惠 饰），两人曾是师生，却逾越了伦理走到了一起。泰牧一直对青春善良的秀芝恋恋不忘，尽管她即将嫁为人妻，依然幻想着能够同她云雨一番。辗转在三个女人之间，泰牧会迎来怎样的结局呢？
希尔维亚（妮可·基德曼 Nicole Kidman饰）是非洲籍的联合国翻译员。无意间她听到一桩政治阴谋，联合国大会上他们策划谋杀一名非洲元首。他们用非洲土话来交谈，不料被掌握这门语言的希尔维亚窃听机密。 希尔维亚因此成为别人急于除掉的眼中钉。FBI派探员托宾（西恩·潘 Sean Penn饰）做希尔维亚的临时保镖。性格迥异的两人在相处中渐渐了解对方的身世和背景，这时托宾怀疑希尔维亚可能藏着一段不为人知的秘密，希尔维亚和这个卷入谋杀计划的非洲元首之间，似乎有着深仇大恨。这令到托宾心生疑窦：希尔维亚到底是事件的受害者，还是阴谋的参与者？ 托宾既心存怀疑，又要坚定地履行职责，保护希尔维亚。二人在猜忌中互相吸引着。在越来越危险的境地下，他们必须尽快查出真相。
洛杉矶的一个家庭在历史上最大的灾难的汇合中分开了：一个超级火山、一次特大地震和一次大规模龙卷风。当世界经受住这场几乎世界末日的事件时，我们的英雄们必须坚持自己的技能和智慧来团结和生存下去。
Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are joined by the director and others from a recent film project, who are given a rather cool reception by the superstitious housekeeper Oliver. Soon rude things begin happening to some of the guests, and Michael fears a repeat of his nightmare past is in progress
