Fei ( michelle yeoh ) and his brother tung ( brandon chang ) are involved in a treasure hunting game with karl ( richard roxburgh ) and his gang group . the treasure is called sharira , the essence of xuan zuang , the holy monk from the tang dynasty . the whole film takes place in china , with most of the exciting chasing scenes happening in dun huang , a very beautiful region in the west part of china 笔者不太清楚此片是否全本地制作，但听闻其制作费庞大，台前幕后亦不乏西方电影人的参与，对白九成九以英语为主，看来目标不单只是本地市场这么简单，而是希望能借助杨紫琼和鲍德熹在《卧虎藏龙》的馀威再下一城，掳获欧美观众的支持。
Under the influence of the complication of performance , the diversification of aesthetic and the pluralistic recording modes , the ancient scripts are diversified into oral scripts and written ones , the outline scripts and complete ones , dramaturgic scripts and reading ones , scenario scripts , and so on 在表演复杂化、审美倾向分化和记录方式多元化等因素合力作用下，剧本发生了口述本与书面本，提纲本与全本，场上本与案头本，关目本、穿关本、曲谱本与动作本，全本与折子本，文人剧本与艺人剧本等多元、多层次的分化。
