退休舞男Simon现从事古董买卖经纪,生性风流倜傥,他的表弟Mike是一个新入行的舞男,因事惹上官司,Simon为救表弟,因而与性格保守的女助理检控官Sandy相识,最后Simon于庭上斗赢了Sandy,令Sandy对他又爱又恨。富家太太留太太嫁了世家子Peter,没有女儿,令家族甚为不满,Peter遂与妻子合谋用金钱雇请舞男借种,唯留太太只看中退休舞男Simon。Sandy有阴险上司林冲,时常压迫她,并且联合杀鸭警司扫荡舞男,Sandy这时对Simon有爱慕之意,欲通知Simon,结果反被上司知悉,遭受革退,Simon知悉Sandy消沉,极盼与Sandy和好发展一段真正友情,留太太本来利用Simon借种,结果爱上Simon,苦缠Simon,Simon欲向留太太摊牌,Peter出现,纠缠间Simon错手杀了Peter,留太太大力指证simon谋杀丈夫。Sandy为救情郎充任Simon辩护律师运用智谋,引得留太太暴露弱点,成为污点证人,Simon无罪释放。
1942年,抗日战争与第二次世界大战正处于白热化阶段。燎原之火,生灵涂炭,天灾人祸,哀鸿遍野。当军事家和政治家的目光聚焦在一城一郭的征伐劫掠之时,几乎鲜少有人注意到古老的中原河南正爆发一场惨绝人寰的大旱灾。影片的主角老东家(张国立 饰),狡猾、市侩,典型的封建地主,可即便如此也无法对抗这史无前例的灾难,他被迫逃荒,亲眼见证着儿子、儿媳、老伴等亲人的种种死状。他的遭遇是三百万灾民的缩影,面对这群人的苦难,无论是高高在上的蒋委员长(陈道明 饰),还是深入民间报道灾难真相的美国记者白修德(阿德里安•布劳迪 Adrien Brody 饰),以及海内外的每一个人,如何能从这眼前的人间炼狱之景侧目。绝望无止的逃生坎途,中华民族多舛命运的苦难一斑……本片根据刘震云的小说《温故一九四二》改编。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...