民国年间的天津卫水患频发，河中怪力乱神之事不绝。河上警察队队长郭得有深得师傅“老河神”的真传，一手点烟辨冤的绝技告慰冤魂无数。漕运商会会长离奇死于河中，郭得友背负嫌疑与会长之子丁卯以及自己的青梅竹马的女友顾影一同查清案件，发觉真凶指向二十年前的一段往事。当时一个叫做“魔古道”的邪教组织肆虐京冀一带，二十年后，郭得友和丁卯再次发现了“魔古道”的踪迹，郭得友丁卯顾影三人为了阻止魔古道的复辟，卷入了一桩桩惊悚离奇的案件之中。

This movie was the most illogical and stupid movie EVER made. If the FBI would have been called in once it was officially a kidnapping, the movie would have been over in 20 minutes and all of the people involved would have been in jail. Instead, the people searching for the kidnapped kid, bumble their way through two hours of absolutely unpredictable stupidity.