2020年的5月，新墨西哥州爱丁顿小镇的治安官与市长发生冲突，点燃了居民之间的火药桶，有一对夫妻被困在此处。
著名状师陈梦吉（周星驰饰）与徒弟何欢（葛民辉饰）认识了女子水莲花（邱淑贞饰），师徒两人都对水莲花有意思，刚好水莲花也欣赏陈梦吉的才华。这时陈梦吉的老婆吕忍（莫文蔚饰）从国外读书归来，遇到了尴尬的场面。当何欢知道了师父的计谋后与陈梦吉反目成仇，独自到香港发展。陈梦吉找到了去香港的机会，却得知了何欢因为谋杀被囚禁，梦吉决定为徒弟打官司。法庭上的陈梦吉态度嚣张，被收监两天，他要求在外国学习法律的妻子帮忙，妻子才告诉他自己学习的是时装设计……
重庆一间工艺品厂已经濒临倒闭，却不料在拆倒旧厂房的时候，发现了厕所里的一件宝物——一块价值连城的翡翠。厂里决定用这块翡翠举办一个展览，赚些钱发拖欠了几个月的工人工资。期间由工艺品厂保卫科长包世宏（郭涛 饰）负责看守这件宝物。但是，国际大盗麦克与本地一帮小偷却让包世宏一筹莫展，他们各施其技接近翡翠，展览馆开始了一场明争暗斗的较量。黑色幽默也开始幕幕上演。翡翠的价值几何？最后谁是胜出者？事情远没有表面那么简单……
Halberstadt, the summer of 1990: Maren, Robert, and Volker come across millions of East German marks in an old tunnel. Although the money is technically worthless, the three friends smuggle it out in their backpacks and involve their neighbors in a clever scheme to cheat capitalism by exchanging it for goods.
The film follows 6-year-old Villads in school and at home. Villads often runs into trouble because he loves to play, and most of the times the rules of Villads' playing are in conflict with the rules of the adults.
