A young man comes to double flag town in order to marry his promised bride. Both his bride and her father do not like him, because he seems to be a nothing without any skills just wearing two swords on his legs. When some vagabonds try to rape his bride, the young man is able to beat them easily in a sword fight. He suddenly realizes in this first fight he ever did that his father did teach him a superior fighting style. Will those talents be enough for the upcoming? All inhabitants of double flag town expect a bloody revenge by the vagabonds. 双旗镇的瑟瑟刀声。镇民的悲剧就是民族的悲剧。重温依旧是经典。那一刀的惊艳。《双旗镇刀客》：西北荒漠的生命传奇与迷人爱情...。西部江湖，神奇刀客 ——之同类型电影的比较研究。疏影与暗香：当西部片的瓶装了武侠片的酒。看人性的阴暗面和光明面。《双旗镇刀客》的一点点。大漠孤烟里的成王败寇。 中国西部，黄沙漫天，马嘶人怒。自幼跟随父亲操练关西无极刀法的孩哥（高伟 饰）遵照父亲的遗嘱，来到双旗镇寻找指腹为婚的妻子好妹（赵玛娜 饰）。只叹人情冷暖，世态炎凉，好妹及其父亲瘸子（常江 饰）毫不待见这个男孩。婚期无望，孩哥只得暂时在瘸子的店里当小伙计。一日，土匪二爷意欲强暴好妹，结果为孩哥所杀。此举惹恼了长年盘踞双旗镇的土匪头子一刀仙（孙海英 饰）。由此惹得滚滚狂沙中刀光剑影，鲜血四溅…… 本片荣获1991年中国电影金鸡奖最佳美术奖、1992年东京第三届夕张国际惊险与科幻电影节最佳影片大奖、1992年第五届《中时晚报》电影奖商业映演类年度大陆优秀电影奖、1993年柏林电影节国际影评奖。
