When talking about Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette, what immediately comes to mind are lace, tall wigs, flamboyant clothes and colours, Versailles, or… the guillotine. Here, between these two extremes, exists a middle ground, a period of time seldom explored: the few months when the last king and queen of France were imprisoned, with their two young children, in a black castle on the outskirts of Paris, awaiting their executions. A brief and condensed period where, amidst violence and harassment, all masks fell off: those of two royals, as public and private figures; that of the old regime; that of a History that finally turned the page; and that of God who, from then on, was eclipsed by the shadows, leaving man entirely alone.

凛冬子夜，枪手小顾（夏雨 饰）追踪到蛰伏在裁缝铺里的杀手老焦（金士杰 饰），二人试探对峙，一段尘封多年的惨案，在二人的交锋中逐渐浮出水面。

影片的故事背景锁定在民国三十四年（1945年）日军投降后的中国东北滨城。这段时间的滨城陷入无人管理的真空期，黑势力跋扈横行。奎叔（李立群 饰）、李桓（张国柱 饰）、老苟（高捷 饰）、仲震（谭凯 饰）、老贵（杨皓宇 饰）等众多人物粉墨登场。在暗无天日，物欲横流的旧时代，一个关于坚守承诺，舍身成仁的史诗传奇故事也就此拉开帷幕 。

《极寒之城》在悬念、动作和剧情的融合上做到了统一完满，尽管篇幅过长，节奏上略有冗赘，但它呈现出了那个时代的现实性与黑暗。与其他类型片相比，它多了一份对复杂历史的解构，多了一份对人性忠诚的讴歌。它让我们看到舍身取义的枪手用生命实现承诺的豪情，让众人皆醒：皑皑飘雪掩埋不了罪恶，迟到的正义枪声终将在春天的黎明前响起。