San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill me he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young daughter, Toya San who Sun has bequeathed to become his wife. Years later, when she becomes of age, she marries Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. When Wong learns Toya will be happier with Harry he allows them to leave. Still later Wong learns that Harry has been deported and since Toya could not prove she was married to someone else she too was deported to China. When Wong learns of this, he goes after them
一部主要角色全有白人来扮演中国人的电影，有种精怪扮演人的即视感，不过女主洛丽泰·扬美得不可方物，特别妩媚，像个仙子。
故事发生在帮派势力割据的旧金山唐人街，黄路杰因一手像风一样快速而强劲的斧头成为一名职业杀手，为解决帮派仇怨，他受命不得不干掉他的结拜兄弟孙亚明。
孙知道自己时日无多，在黄上门之前写好了遗嘱。当孙意识到黄是来杀他的时候，他试图让他的朋友安心，告诉他将继承自己的所有财产，并说服黄在佛祖前立誓照顾孙的小女儿托娅，并在她成年后娶她。
多年后，当托娅成年时，嫁给自小就溺爱她的黄先生，此时的黄已经是一个有权有势的人物，他的斧子也埋藏了10年。
黄忙于处理帮派事物，他的保镖哈里趁机撩了托娅。黄撞破了他们的私情，但托娅说和哈里在一起会更幸福时，他允许他们离开，成全了他们。
后来，黄得知哈里被驱逐出境，而托娅因为没有出生证明，也被驱逐到了中国。黄得知这一消息后，拿起了斧头前往中国寻找，终于在青楼找到了被哈里卖掉的托娅。
摄影很考究，置景很中国味道，求签问卜，佛前立誓，鞭子头，唐装，长袍等等的元素略显刻板，
故事设定是从外国人的视点讲了一个很中国的故事，像一场华丽而繁复的梦境。片中女主的眼妆特别美，内娱很多女星都出过仿妆。