Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system
Lance Hayward, a silent movie star, appears as various characters, killing quite a handful of unfortunates, using various weapons.
No matter the cost, No matter the danger. They will find the truth.
A man travels to the eastern coast of Korea carrying the ashes of his deceased wife. He hopes to scatter them in a place closer to her hometown, which lies near the demilitarized zone separating North from South Korea, but along his journey he becomes burdened with the deaths of two more women who cross his path. At the same time, a nurse attempts to escort the dying chairman of a business conglomerate to his hometown, which is also located just to the north or south of the DMZ. Pursued by henchmen of the chairman's son, a politician who wants to keep his father's journey out of the press, the nurse comes across the man carrying the metaphorical "three coffins."
清(🏜)朝(cháo )末(🎴)年，世道(👳)纷(fēn )乱(🎫)(luàn )。八(bā(💂) )旗子弟(🦌)乌世保(bǎo )（陈道(dào )明 饰）没能袭(xí )得爵位(wèi )，终日走(🕝)街串(chuà(🕵)n )巷，游(yó(😜)u )手好闲(😴)。某天(tiā(🎴)n )在天桥(❣)一带，他(🏃)遇见(jiàn )当年府上的旗奴徐焕(huàn )章（马和平 饰）。徐(xú )小人得(🛄)志，趾高(📌)气扬(yá(🍶)ng )，被世保(🦔)当街训(🐶)(xùn )斥，从(👐)此种下(🤴)祸端。及至(zhì )八国联军杀入北(běi )京城(chéng )，徐因会说几句(🧒)(jù )日语(💞)(yǔ )当上(🚮)侦缉队(🏬)队长(zhǎ(💎)ng )，遂(suí )公(🌖)报私仇(👐)，将(jiāng )世(shì )保定(dìng )下死罪。乌妻(qī )四(sì )处奔(bēn )走，令世保(🕗)暂(zàn )脱(📥)一死(sǐ(👲) )。坐牢期(😛)间，世保(🛩)结(jié )识(🏮)古月轩(💿)鼻烟(yān )儿壶制造名家聂小轩(xuān )。聂为免手艺失传，将一身绝学(🖊)过给世(🚵)保(bǎo )。不(💀)久，世保(🐓)重获自(🌐)(zì )由，却(🚆)得知妻子受辱(rǔ )自尽，家破人亡(wáng )。最(zuì )终他住进师傅家(jiā )中(💑)，与师妹(📄)柳娘（(🔂)李(lǐ )殿(🤢)馨(xīn ) 饰(🚟)）共同(💍)继承了(💈)(le )古月(yuè )轩的手艺……
一(yī )次偶(ǒu )然之中，布莱(lái )莎(shā(🌆) )（Emmanuelle Chaulet 饰(shì(🛃) )）结识(🎬)了名为(💗)(wéi )莉亚(⏪)（Sophie Renoir 饰）(⬛)的女子(😡)，志趣相(xiàng )投的两人很快(kuài )成为了朋友。莉亚年(nián )轻开朗，向往(🏍)炙热燃(🏺)(rán )烧的(🆗)爱情，显(🆚)然她那(🧜)(nà )木讷(🧣)的男友费宾（Eric Viellard 饰(shì )）并不能够使她满意(yì )。而布莱莎苦苦(kǔ(🎀) )暗恋(lià(🎴)n )着风流(👳)倜傥的(😒)亚(yà )历(⏹)山(shān )大(🐮)（François-Eric Gendron 饰(🎙)），可(kě )亚历(lì )山大已经有了一(yī )个个(gè )性古怪的女(🍬)友(yǒu )。