黄氏家庭乃一个警察世家，黄二牛及一个儿子、四个女儿都服务于警队，虽父黄二牛因公殉职，剩下的子女在黄老太带领下继续效力皇家香港警察。儿媳妇高丽萍（高丽虹饰），亦是一名高级警务人员，因公事及私人感情等种种因素，黄家女儿多不满高，令高受尽委屈，高的老公，儿子辉（梁家辉饰）亦夹 在其中左右为难。但黄老太则十分喜欢高，望高能为黄家传宗接代。警方收到消息，有一帮越南仔准备打劫大世界夜总会，布下天罗地网，由黄氏夫妇担任指挥官，由于大女黄家玲（刘嘉玲饰）一时冲动，令行动失败，而玲亦误会高令其停职，姑嫂间冲突更加尖锐。

airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened Single O. He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't distinguished enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.