一个女青年(杨童舒 饰)应聘到一家工厂,一进工厂就遇到难题就崩溃就冲动,一冲动就受伤就住进医院,一进医院里她就遇到了医生(莫少聪 饰)就遇到了爱情,一遇到爱情就陶醉就遇到了麻烦,一遇到麻烦就发现问题就改变,一改变她就不认识自己就开犯错,一犯错就检讨就后悔就打算重来,一重来就陷入了恶性循环——循环了好几圈,她终于发现自己从来都不会涂写人生,认清自己的她再次决心要好好书写自己,画最新最美的图画,这一次她是这样写的……。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.。