故事发生在盛唐时期，节度使霍正威（王伟 饰）奉命建造玉门关，急功近利的他竟然想到用男童和女童制成人桩巩固地基。霍正威的阴谋在无意之中被洪天佑（罗家英 饰）识破，再加上霍正威一直爱慕着洪天佑的妻子阮素竹（汪明荃 饰），于是设计暗算洪天佑导致他被判处了死刑，阮素竹留下了一儿一女月影（卢敏仪 饰）和逸飞（关礼杰 饰）后也跳楼自杀。 孤苦无依的两兄妹分别被马贼薛百川和喇嘛寺普尺法王收留，一晃眼多年过去，两人均已长大成人。逸飞十分好奇自己的身世，在探查过去的过程中，邂逅了名为色兰（刘玉翠 饰）的妙龄少女，两人情愫渐生。
Jim Phelps is the new leader of the Impossible Missions Force, with no explanation, or even reference made, about the departure of predecessor Dan Briggs. First up for Phelps is a mission involving the drug trade. Cresnik and Walters have cornered the heroin market and sell it at a handsome profit to gangs around the world. Phelps devises an operation which will drive a wedge between the heroin dealers and their customers.
