When computer game designer (Daniel Wu) conceptualizes what he hopes to be his breakthrough game, there is only one thing missing: the star. He meets a young, street tough bartender (Angelica Lee), mixing drinks and handing out ecstacy, and sees her as the perfect model for his heroine. As he renders her digitally into a fetishized female heroine, the film offers a fresh perspective and shows how she draws strengh from, and buys in to his fantasy as well, to help keep together her troubled family. Anthony Wong plays Wu's father, a dance instructor, while Edison Chen plays Wu's younger brother, who becomes involved in another relationship in which fantasy and reality mix.