在一个风物宜人的小山村里，单身汉米继红（尊龙 饰）中意妹妹阿莲（陶虹 饰）的好友芦花（李玟 饰），但芦花身为村长的女儿，又是村里的文艺骨干，这让米继红怯于开口。爱好表演的芦花参加某剧组试镜惨遭淘汰，不忍芦花伤心的米继红异想天开，决定自己邀请芦花出演武侠电视剧来满足后者的明星梦。米继红自己担任摄像和导演，又找来投资人——村里饭店的老板，编剧兼道具——村里的木匠组成了班底，此外，阿莲的两个追求者，王胜利（夏雨 饰）和二狗亦当仁不让加入剧组。面对武侠剧拍摄中的种种难题，米继红带领大家先后破解，而他和芦花的感情问题，却是更难解的谜题……

The film opens on a shot of the "Los Angeles City Limits" sign. It then cuts to Fred Halsted taking a walk in the forest and coming upon a man sunning himself in the nude. They briefly talk and end up having passionate sex in the wilderness only to be interrupted by bulldozers destroying the wildlife area in order to build a new suburb. The film suddenly switches to inner city Los Angeles as Halsted and a man from Texas discuss in voice over the problems with modern society and the dishonesty of most people. This is inter-cut with shots of hustlers, bums, vagrants, porn theaters and shops, as well as footage of a man (presumably the Texan) being brutally tortured by Halsted. Eventually the man is bound and left helpless in a closet, a symbol of the violent and trapping nature of Los Angeles. The film ends on shots of newspapers saying that a young man was found dead after being tortured.

The film opens on a shot of the "Los Angeles City Limits" sign. It then cuts to Fred Halsted taking a walk in the forest and coming upon a man sunning himself in the nude. They briefly talk and end up having passionate sex in the wilderness only to be interrupted by bulldozers destroying the wildlife area in order to build a new suburb. The film suddenly switches to inner city Los Angeles as Halsted and a man from Texas discuss in voice over the problems with modern society and the dishonesty of most people. This is inter-cut with shots of hustlers, bums, vagrants, porn theaters and shops, as well as footage of a man (presumably the Texan) being brutally tortured by Halsted. Eventually the man is bound and left helpless in a closet, a symbol of the violent and trapping nature of Los Angeles. The film ends on shots of newspapers saying that a young man was found dead after being tortured.