民国时期,中国南部山村,与哑巴从小相依为命的妹妹给了别人。于是,对妹妹的愧疚之情一直伴随哑巴长大。村中漂亮的姑娘小花被三个强盗劫持,要卖往妓院,面对强大的敌人和寒光利刃,村人退避三舍,没人敢为了这个弱女子出头。此时,流浪为生的哑巴,却一路尾随三名强盗,让沦为羔羊的小花看到爱与希望。 哑巴对小花的情感是一种复杂且交汇起来的情感,有对妹妹愧疚之情的转移,有英雄救美的江湖豪情,也有青春萌动的情窦初开。哑巴在营救中吃尽苦头,几近命丧黄泉。一个信念,令他坚持到底,一腔怒火,燎动整个荒野。最终,三名恶盗被哑巴各个击破。一轮红日在无声的荒野尽头升起,众人抬着重伤的哑巴在林中奔跑。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...