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.。故事从十五年前毒枭冢虎派人追杀毒贩梅姨开始。年幼的林郎与林峰亲眼目睹母亲梅姨被杀害。为躲避杀手追杀,哥哥林郎自我牺牲吸引走杀手后音讯全无。自此,兄弟二人走上了一个身为缉毒警另一个成为大毒枭的不同人生轨迹……。