Yan is a bank employee who is strict and prudent at doing things. But he is really considered as a weirdo by colleagues. The bank is selected as the place that takes part in a bank robbery and annihilation maneuver, and Yan applies to act as the robber.
Bincheng, norte de China, hoy en día. La policía vigila un área de mercado y finalmente arresta a una pandilla de falsificación de monedas dirigida por Jia Chao (Liu Tianzuo), quien hace un trato con la policía para ayudarlos a conseguir un falsificador más grande, el criminal internacional Nick. La operación convierte a un héroe local del detective rebelde Sun Dasheng (Wang Qianyuan).
Set in the Shaanxi province of Northern China, In The Wild Mountains is a simple yet insightful tale of village life and how economic changes in the country affect even the most remote regions.