承接《潜行狙击》电视剧结局,梁笑棠Laughing(谢天华饰)谋杀苏星柏(黄宗泽饰)罪名成立,判处无期徒刑;梁笑棠在狱中结识大学教授霍天任(吴镇宇饰),教授外表斯文,与世无争,但却能以心理陷阱收服穷凶极恶的 “巨川”(林雪饰)。其实教授是高智商的犯罪心理学家,擅用冷读法,可以洞悉对方心理活动和秘密,于无声中掌控他人。 神秘女子(文咏珊饰)到狱中探望梁笑棠,其隶属比警队更高层次的保安局,原来,梁笑棠入狱是再次担当卧底角色。当日,杀苏星柏是另有其人,保安局副局长(麦长青饰)怀疑整件事跟潜藏警队中的黑警团伙有关,所以借势令梁笑棠入狱展开调查。 梁笑棠亦步亦趋主动接触狱中目标人物前毒品调查科警长“大切”(杜汶泽饰)在将要取得进展时,发现教授亦同时以心理治疗法,令“大切”多次精神错乱,直至向“大切”发出了死亡暗示。 一场敌友难分、正义与邪恶的生死对决在实力极不均衡的态势下火爆展开了。
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...