This very Kafka-esque film is Keaton's response to the Fatty Arbuckle scandal.[citation needed] Even though the central character's intentions are good, he cannot win, no matter how inventively he tries. He gets into various scraps with police officers throughout the film. Eventually, he unwittingly throws a bomb into a police parade and ends up being chased by a horde of cops.At the end of the film, Keaton's character locks up the cops in the police station. However, the girl he is trying to woo disapproves of his behavior and gives him the cold shoulder. Therefore, he unlocks the police station and is immediately pulled in by the cops. The film ends with the title "The End" written on a tombstone with Keaton's pork pie hat propped on it.One of Keaton's most iconic and brilliantly-constructed short films, Cops was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry in 1997.

在一次全国自行车锦标赛上，倒霉的职业车手耿浩（黄渤 饰）以0.01秒的微弱差距败给撞到狗屎运的对手，屈居亚军，随后他又遭奸商李法拉（九孔 饰）算计，因药检呈阳性而被终身禁赛，他的教练（马少骅 饰）因此气倒。多年后，耿浩靠开车运送水产为生，养活中风的教练，而当年的骗子李法拉则依靠其推销的补品“肾白银”大发其财。李嫌弃彪悍魁梧的老婆，因此雇用两个业余杀手（王双宝 & 巴多 饰）杀妻，结果杀手反被老婆买通；耿浩的教练急火攻心，一命呜呼，耿浩遵照师傅遗愿前去找李法拉讨说法，谁知反中了李的奸计；东海（戎祥 饰）所率领的台湾黑帮来到内地和泰国毒贩（Worapoj Thuantanon 饰）做生意，但耿浩和李法拉的争执引来了警车，也搅了他们的好事。原本不相干的几组人马，由于偶然的机缘而上演了连串好戏……

首部由509位普通人拍摄的纪实影像共创而成的竖屏院线电影。影片通过鲜活、生动、直接、朴素的自拍影像，呈现了一个背井离乡、奋力拼搏在社会生产一线的当代中国人群像：他们在田野上、在工厂里、在运输途中、在钢筋水泥间，体验着生命的酷暑与寒冬。一个个跌跌撞撞却又欢颜前行的人物，在面对困境与征服困境的循环往复中展现出强大的人格力量，在漂泊奋斗与身心还乡中勾勒出属于国人的情义世界。影片从物质追求和精神归宿两方面关注快速变迁的时代背景下那些微小却饱含生命力的个体，通过芸芸众生的“自画像”看见一个生动真实的当代中国。

黑道大哥方叔（柯俊雄 饰）为人刚正耿直，忠勇仁义，为道上的兄弟所敬仰。当年他为保护兄弟，一个人顶下所有罪名，从此在监狱中度过了几十年岁月。出狱后，周围一切早已变了模样，当年的小弟们垂垂老矣，或退休，或经商，俨然与黑道没有任何干系。而黑社会的价值观也发生巨大改变，年轻的黑社会完全不把仁义放在眼里，在他们看来金钱胜过一切。方叔知道属于自己的时代早已远去，莫不如静下心来过好余下的日子。但他的女儿阿丽因疏于父爱而过分叛逆，成为一个小混混的马子。为了保护女儿，方叔不得不重新进入这已经变得十分陌生的纷乱江湖……