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　　赌神高进（周润发 饰）自从血洗江湖后，无心恋战，遂携新妻温柔（张敏 饰）隐居法国，生活平静，以画为伴。 台湾黑帮掌门人仇笑痴（吴兴国 饰）野心勃勃，要与高进一较高下，激他重出江湖，借高进会友之际带人潜入屋中将其妻其仆全部杀死。 悲痛欲绝的高进一人回大陆散心。途中偶遇台湾黑帮头目（柯受良 饰）与他女儿（邱淑贞 饰），二人结为至交却不料头目遭人暗算身亡，进碰巧救下其年幼的儿子，展开逃亡。而此时游手好闲的大陆汉（梁家辉 饰）与妹妹（吴倩莲 饰）碰巧遇上逃亡的进，而大陆公安队长（徐锦江 饰）也尾随而至，一场猫捉老鼠的游戏即将展开，而幕后操纵的仇笑痴又有什么阴谋呢……

　　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...