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.。明朝嘉靖末年,锦衣卫贺英奉命从天竺运回无价之宝“时空金球”,他一心为朝廷却不想遭到了兄弟的突袭。老大元龙带着聂虎、萨獒前来捉拿,为的是一宗针对贺英的冤案。兄弟四人搏斗之时突然地动山摇,巨大的雪崩淹没了他们。可是醒来后,贺英发现自己居然已经到了400年后的香港,对现代社会一窍不通的他偶遇了夜店咖小美,闹出了不少笑话,但在小美的帮助下贺英学会了使用高科技产品,逐渐变成了都市型男。正在二人感情升华的时候,“锦衣卫三人组”也穿越到了现代并且继续执行自己的使命,与此同时不明真相的警方也在捉拿贺英这个“特异功能”人士,贺英遭遇到了400年来最大的挑战。。