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.。本片采用朴素而又现实的表现手法,一个故事是以当下80后的现实爱情故事为背景,讲述了卫梦与肖鸣宇高中时因误会错失情缘,一直单身。同学聚会上两人再次相遇,重燃爱火,却因种种试探,使这段情缘前途未卜。另一个故事则是90后女孩沙立夏追寻音乐梦想的故事背景,独特的拍摄角度展现了高考失意成了父母阻止她音乐梦的导火索,面临父亲的反对,沙立夏毅然决然鼓起勇气坚持梦想,最终赢得了父亲的支持。。