一代著名特工凌凌漆（周星驰 饰）长期被上级弃用，沦为卖肉摊主。一具价值连城的恐龙骨架被一个浑身盔甲的金枪客盗去，因为线索少任务危险，凌凌漆又被高层领导委以重任。 凌凌漆依循线索来到香港，与联络人香琴（袁咏仪 饰）碰头，不想香琴处心积虑找机会要将凌凌漆杀死，原来她的另一身份是金枪客派来的杀手，但经历过出生入死的战斗后，香琴与凌凌漆渐生出了真情。而此时，金枪客的真实身份也被曝光，发现自己掉进某个阴谋里的凌凌漆开始奋力与敌手较量。
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...
