Three thirty-year-old friends reunite in Beijing after nearly 10 years
apart. They used to be free-wheeling rock-and-rollers without a care in
the world, but now, after tasting their own variation of freedom in new
China, they are tormented by how unforgiving and unglamorous life had
become. Nothing at all like the fame and fortune they dreamed about as
kids.
After comparing stories of disappointment over beers, they are reminded
of how much youth they've lost when a group of kids torments them into a
brawl. Re-energized by the encounter, they decide to reform the band and
this time take over the world. But reality gets in the way when one of
them finds out his family is going to be evicted along with their whole
neighborhood due to shady government zoning. Putting their dreams aside
to fight for their rightful property, they find themselves in a violent
uprising pitting neighborhood residents against police and bulldozers...
And when the heat gets turned up high enough, fuses are bound to be
lit...
A story of youthful dreams clashing with the reality of adulthood, set
against the backdrop of modern China.