When an unlucky man tries to leave Beijing, he gets tangled up with a drunken girl, local thugs and a suitcase full of cash.

Buried by snowy conditions at the top of Mount Baekdu, a policeman must brave the extreme weather until his transfer comes through. When a group of thieves stumbles into the station, both sides soon find themselves in a desperate fight for survival.

A former hoodlum (Feng Xiaogang) springs into action to save his kidnapped son (Li Yifeng) from a gang of thugs.