香港出现神秘自杀事件, 死者在手机视频直播下自焚而死，而在场唯一的目击者却坚称自己当时失去了记忆，并且否认与自杀事件有关。警察重案组接手调查, 所有证据都指向目击者是自编自导自演， 教唆他人自杀的真凶。由于自杀视频的流出，造成公众恐慌，警队高层希望在证据确凿之下尽快结案，以释公众疑虑，但唯独督察黄一聪觉得事有蹊跷。一聪在请示上司后，决定再次对事件展开调查......
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...
斯科特·阿金斯饰演的囚犯得到了监狱暂许出行的机会。他找准时机甩掉了监视警察，继续他的复仇之路，让仇人血债血偿。他也借此机会寻找多年前早已迷失的自我，实现自我救赎。 斯科特·阿金斯继《意外杀手》《讨债人》等再度和导演杰西·约翰逊合作，向经典黑帮片致敬。
