The film is set in 859 CE. The once great Tang Dynasty
is now in decline. Numerous rebel groups have formed, the largest of
which is the House of Flying Daggers, based in Fengtian county. The
Flying Daggers steal from the rich and give to the poor, gaining the
support of the locals.
The local authorities have managed to kill the leader of the Flying
Daggers, but the rebel group only becomes stronger, due to a mysterious
new leader. Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and Liu (Andy Lau), two police captains, are ordered to kill the new leader within ten days.
In order to accomplish this, they arrest Mei (Zhang Ziyi),
a blind dancer who is suspected of being the daughter of the old leader
of the Flying Daggers. While Mei is incarcerated, Jin and Liu decide to
let her go to track the mastermind; Jin will pretend to be a lone
warrior called Wind, and break her out of prison. This will gain her
trust, and hopefully, Jin will be led to the headquarters of Flying
Daggers. The plan works, but Mei and Jin fall in love on the way. They
are followed at a distance by Liu; Jin and Liu meet secretly to discuss
their plans. Jin jokes about his seduction of the girl; Liu warns him
sternly against getting involved.
To add authenticity to the deception, Liu and his men ambush the
pair: the fight is, however, a fake. Further on, they are attacked
again, but this time their assailants are apparently for real: Jin and
Mei battle for their lives, being saved only by the intervention of an
unseen knife-thrower. Furious, Jin confronts Liu: Liu explains that he
has reported the matter up the chain of command and his general has
taken over the pursuit. Jin realizes that he is now expendable.
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