After the tremendous popular success of the
Fantômas novels, both of the major French
film studios — Pathé and Gaumont —
vied for the rights to produce films based
on the series. Gaumont won, and from
April 1913 to May 1914 Louis Feuillade
directed five Fantômas films which critic
David Thomson has described as "the first
great movie experience."。退休的盗贼Sam(Jodie Whittaker 饰)一直满足于在西班牙南部的山丘上过着安静的匿名生活,搭档Bert(Suranne Jones饰)在西班牙的牢房里度过十年后因为身体原因获准出狱,然而在生命最后的时光里,Bert看上了一幅达利的超现实主义画作,想说服Sam最后干上一票以证明自己的价值。。以悟觉和尚为首的少林十八棍僧接到皇上的御诏,奉旨南下抗倭。江浙前线,棍僧救下一队百姓,倭寇首领的亲弟弟被棍僧所杀。棍僧带领难民前往飞鱼隘口,寻求驻守明军的帮助。谁知飞鱼隘口的明军早已逃离,棍僧们只好先在此歇脚。浑然不知倭寇派出主力部队攻打飞鱼隘口,土城中仅存的百姓都是老弱妇孺,棍僧们决定留在土城帮助村民抵抗倭寇。生死存亡之际,十八棍僧共同抵挡了倭寇的进攻。但因师弟的冲动,几位师兄弟被倭寇杀害。倭寇首领得知土城中有少林的和尚,派出了忍者部队进行偷袭,以便发动最后的决战,誓要攻下飞鱼隘口,杀掉和尚为弟弟报仇。棍僧们为了掩护百姓们撤离,摆出了棍阵,以肉身阻止了倭寇的疯狂进攻,成功让百姓脱离危难。。