一切都由一本科幻小说引起。小说家杨匡（刘兆铭 饰）的科幻小说里描述了一种改造新人类的方法，那就是抽取人类的脑细胞，加以改造，以此甚至能控制被改造者的思想。这一切看似荒诞的想法，竟被一个阴谋控制全世界的富商看中。他出资建立了实验室，招募了一批手下，将杨匡捉了去做实验。后来，杨匡逃了出来，被人送到医院。医生原振侠（黎明 饰）武功高强，为人正义，他发现杨匡十分沉默寡言，目光呆滞，经常用水清洗双手。杨匡的反常的表现引起了原振侠的注意，他和护士彩云（朱茵 饰）决心找出杨匡背后隐藏的秘密。

A famous novelist receives a large inheritance after his father’s passing. He rents out one of his inherited properties to a Japanese/Chinese woman named Elaine and they embark on an affair, causing rifts in his marriage with Jeanna Ho. One night, Elaine is suddenly found dead in the balcony of the house. When police start their investigation, they realize that there are a lot of suspicious factors to the case leading them to suspect that this is not their normal kidnapping or revenge against an unfaithful husband case.

2021 film directed by Cheang Pou-soi

2017 film by Pang Ho-cheung

In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.