Director Wong Kar-Wai revisits his lavish 1994 martial arts action film ' Ashes of Time' with this restored & expanded version. Broken-hearted hit man Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) moves to the desert after being jilted by the woman he loved. His experiences have left him pitiless & cynical, & he spends his time hiring skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings
- but as time passes he starts to question his solitary existence & develop tentative relationships with the people around him.