At an archaeological dig, Hu Bayi (Mark Chao) volunteers, along with other soldiers, to accompany Professor Yan and his daughter Ping (Yao Chen) down a dangerous tunnel. These leads to fire bats, avalanches, and a mysterious temple, and also the deaths of most of the party. Several years later Bayi and his childhood friend Wang
Recently divorced Edgar Easton (Thomas Lennon) returns to his home town to his pleasant mother and needlessly nasty father. He has the uncommon good luck to meet the once pleasant and attractive girl in town Ashley Summers (Jenny Pelicer), who likes him for no reason we’re ever given. In a mostly ignored subplot, Edgar’s brother
An acting troop, including young lead Sun Xiaoou (Chau-Shui Yee) and his girlfriend Liu Die (Xu Manli), arrives at a dilapidated theater, and are greeted by only Zheng (Wang Weilyi), the guardian of the theater and a hunchback with a monstrous appearance, that no one ever mentions. They set to work on a new opera,
In 1929, the eccentric Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price), mutilated in an accident and now wearing an elaborate false face, seeks revenge on the medical team who failed to save his wife. With the help of the beautiful and silent Vulnavia (Virginia North), Phibes carries out elaborate murders, modeled after the ancient plagues on Egypt.
A new opera, composed by insufferable Lord Ambrose d’Arcy (Michael Gough), is disrupted by a masked “Phantom” (Herbert Lom) and his psychotic, mute dwarf (Ian Wilson). Opera company producer Harry Hunter (Edward de Souza) is less interested in the disruptions than in the star, Christine Charles (Heather Sears), but she has also caught the eye
In 1870 Paris, a mysterious masked Phantom (Gerard Butler) arranges for his protégée, Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum), to take over the lead at the opera. When Christine renews her relationship with the Viscomte Raoul de Chagny (Patrick Wilson), the Phantom vows revenge. The Phantom of the Opera takes you back to another time. No, that