故事发生在民国初年,霍东阁(钱小豪 饰)是霍元甲的儿子,日寇侵袭,精武门的势力渐渐衰弱,霍东阁为了自保,偃旗息鼓,在码头从事着搬运工的工作。日渐紧张的时局让满腔爱国热血的陈公哲(刘志荣 饰)、卢雨亭(曾伟权 饰)等人十分焦急,他们找到了霍东阁,希望他能够重振精武门,涨一涨我方士气。与此同时,他们还传授给了霍东阁了得的武功,使得后者在武学方面获得了突飞猛进的长进。
尽管母亲强烈反对霍东阁重振精武门的举动,但强烈的责任感还是驱使着霍东阁走上了这一条危机四伏的道路。他所要面对的,除了张牙舞爪的日寇外,还有贪婪狡猾的土豪劣绅,面对重重的阻碍,霍东阁和精武门的未来会是怎样一副光景呢?。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.。该剧讲述一个白手起家的富爸爸,突然破产!三个被富养长大的千金少爷不知人间险恶,毫无自保能力,犹如童话中的三只小猪!他们被迫离开舒适圈,踏入严酷的社会森林,展开由0开始的人生逆袭的故事!。