Boy in Cage

Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.

Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.

In 2003, Han Dong, a teenager who dropped out of high school, arrives at Beijing with a dream of becoming a journalist.

Wang Hai Bo, a lineman living in a small town on the Sino-Russian border, has been immersed in the bottom of society for many years, relying on selling intelligence for a living. By chance, Wang Hai Bo got a gun, giving him the idea of ​​robbing the casino. However, this plan fails. The policeman Kui Zi, Wang's old friend, tells him that Lao Qiao is looking for people to go to Russia to buy wood. Wang Hai Bo, afraid of being implicated in the murder case, could only escape to the Russian Far East town. Two equally troubled people entangle each other in the snow and ice during the trip.

Ma Liang, representing China's first generation of mixed martial arts athletes, has a remarkable record in the arena, but his life is difficult and wretched. As he gets older, under the pressure of both physical and emotional stress, Ma Liang is determined to retire.However, at the retirement banquet, Ma Liang suddenly learned that the highest level of the international tournament alliance will soon enter China to create a top-level selection tournament, digging players, and fight in the world. Maliang's dream that he has been hiding for years is awakened.On the other hand, Pan Jie, a rising talent discovered by Ma Liang himself, has long been impatient and ambitious to seize this opportunity to become famous. As a result, a championship battle that will redefine defeat and victory, wrapped in a storm of ambition and love, dreams and reality, is brewing inside and outside the ring.