赵旭东（段奕宏饰）是一名矿山炮工，与饭馆老板娘萧红（余男饰）相互吸引准备结婚。然而一次爆破引发了矿难，死里逃生的赵旭东心生疑窦开始进行调查，他随即陷入了矿主、商会老板等一系列利益集团的漩涡之中，遭遇到了杀手的追杀和警察的追捕。在内心深处，赵旭东的良知和懦弱在缠斗，压迫和愤怒则点燃了他的血性。在对家人的保护以及正义的驱使下，赵旭东绝境求生，大仇得报，英雄归来。

Zhao Xu Dong is a blaster technician in the mining town of Hongliang. When a mine explosion occurs underground and kills four workers, Zhao is left the sole survivor. Doubtful that the explosion was a mere accident, Zhao investigates further. However, miner Wang San Bai and mine owner Li Yi are murdered. As the body count increases, Zhao becomes the prime suspect, and he must use his skills as a blaster to clear his name.

影片讲述了在充满理想和激情的军队文工团，一群正值芳华的青春少年，经历着成长中的爱情萌发与充斥变数的人生命运。质朴善良的刘峰因为经常为大家服务，在文工团被称为“活雷锋”、“万金油”。从农村来到军队文工团的何小萍，因“不良习气”屡次遭到文工团女兵萧穗子、林丁丁、郝淑雯等人的歧视与排斥。刘峰、何小萍、萧穗子、林丁丁、郝淑雯、陈灿等人情感缠绕、交集，大时代的背景之下，每个人的命运大相径庭，却都拥有着出人意料的人生归宿。

HE XIAOPING faces discrimination because of a family scandal. She hopes to start over in a new place, but finds that the shame has followed her to Chengdu. LIU FENG is well-liked within the group but he has unrequited crush on the lead solo LIN DINGDING. Liu Feng experiences the pain of rejection and is expelled from the group when he makes an unwelcomed advance on her. He Xiaoping is heartbroken because she had secret feelings for Liu Feng…

Each of the members of the art troupe all learn lessons in this coming-of-age story. Their paths have led to different places and different experiences.

性格刚烈强硬执拗的周凯，年幼丧母，因父亲粗暴脾气管制而出海做了水手，常跑日本路线，后来跟水手兄弟马珂一起加入了走私犯罪团伙。二人虽身在走私犯罪团伙，但是仍有正义感，做事有原则。后来周凯被犯罪团伙同伴皮筋陷害被抓入狱。周凯的弟弟周超从小视哥哥为偶像，并不知道哥哥的犯罪活动。从警校刚刚毕业进入刑警队后，正意气风发的时候却亲眼目睹周凯被抓，经历父亲被害，从此对哥哥怀有很深的恨意。 周凯出狱后找到马珂，才知道马珂去日本找到了皮筋，为自己报了仇而弄残了一条腿，同时也在等他回来重新开始。但是周凯已经和当年不一样，不想再做回老本行，他决心开始新的生活，不再去报复，去试着做一个好人。 走私犯罪团伙得知周凯出狱后，想拉拢周凯继续从事犯罪活动，并使用了一些更毒辣的手段逼周凯就犯，兄弟三人的命运从此发生了改变……

Director John Woo changed the face of action cinema in 1986 with A Better Tomorrow. Director Ding Sheng resurrects the spirit of that timeless, iconic classic with a brand-new chapter of the heroic bloodshed saga. Two brothers – Kai and Chao – are on opposite sides of the law. Kai heads up a smuggling operation, while his younger brother, Chao, is an up-and-coming star in the police department’s narcotics division. Chao has looked up to his older brother all his life, but after a botched drug deal leads to the death of their father, Chao swears off all contact with Kai.