香港回归前，英国政府决定由英籍华人议员任剑辉（罗家英 饰）出任最后一任港督。历代都受到英国政府迫害的黄老板决定雇请春、夏、秋、冬四大杀手刺杀英政府最后一名港督，以出一口怨气。在剑辉的就职大典上，春、夏、秋、冬混入了人群中，关键时刻，督务署长的私生子陆葛（葛民辉 饰）误打误撞，救下了剑辉，并将杀手秋杀死了。高层对此十分重视，于是委派陆葛和港督保安队长大件（周文健 饰）重新受训后正式成为最后一位港督的保镖。陆葛作为最后一名港督的保镖生涯开始了。

Michael Farr (Ciarán Hinds) is a teacher raising his two children following the death of his wife two years earlier. Experiencing strange phenomena late at night around his family home, Michael isn't sure if he is dreaming or if something more sinister is at play. A distraction lies in an international literary festival that his town plays host to which attracts authors from all over the world. Working as a volunteer for the festival, Michael is assigned to look after Lena Morelle (Iben Hjejle), an attractive writer of ghost stories and tales of the supernatural. Becoming attracted to Lena, Michael tells her of his experiences. However, Lena's attention is drawn away by Nicholas Holden (Aidan Quinn), a bestselling novelist who harbours his own issues with letting go of the past.

昭和十一年，武天下为著发扬中国少林武术远赴东瀛设馆授徒，不料引来身为日本天皇侍卫的四大家族向其挑战。武天下与四大家族之一千叶家之女铃子有情，击败三大家族之后，铃子不希望武天下与其兄千叶奔雷决战，劝他回中国，但武天下依旧接受了千叶的挑战，将其打败。并允诺千叶可以继续向他挑战，甚至千叶后人都可以继续向武家后人挑战。

威廉•华莱士童年时，其父、苏格兰民族英雄马索•华莱士在与英军的斗争中牺牲，他开始接受父亲好友的指导，学习苏格兰文化和武术。青年华莱士（梅尔•吉布森）学成回到故乡，向美丽的少女梅伦求婚，不想梅伦被英军抢去且遭杀害。在广大村民“英雄之后”的呼声中，华莱士率众揭竿起义，并与苏格兰贵族罗伯结成联盟，但不久他发现，苏格兰贵族考虑的只是自身的利益。 英王为缓和局势，派伊莎贝拉（苏菲•玛索）前去和华莱士谈判，由于英王只想收买华莱士，根本不顾苏格兰人民的自由和平等，谈判失败，但这一切并不为伊莎贝拉所知。伊莎贝拉归国后发现事情真相，且知晓英王正策划阴招，忙送信给华莱士，而两人的爱情，也在战争与阴谋中悄然滋生。

本片描述了几个六岁左右的孩子的暑假憧憬，而守护着他们阳光般笑容的大人们实则每天在为生活拼搏。