A young woman infiltrates a dangerous self-actualization community after her mother becomes entangled with its enigmatic leader.
Luna, a cruise ship chambermaid, has to quit her job to attend to her sick brother. While doing so, she discovers that her mother has gone missing and her brother's condition is getting progressively worse. The siblings desperately sneak into an empty condo unit but soon discover that Penthouse 77 is not what it seems.
包龙星（周星驰 饰）用钱买来了一个候补知县的职位，可是为人贪婪，县上的人都对他痛恨之极。在他代替正式知县的时候，戚家媳妇戚秦氏（张敏 饰）遭到了常威( 邹兆龙 饰 )的强暴，后来常威动了杀机把戚家上下都杀害了，更嫁祸于戚秦氏。常威是水师提督大人的儿子，请来大状方唐镜（吴启华 饰），收买了所有证人以便洗脱罪名。包龙星虽然极力寻找证据，也被迫害至落难他乡。他决定要上京告御状，后来他因没钱不得不在妓院打工，向老板娘学习了一身斗嘴的好功夫。他在妓院里误打误撞认识了皇上，帮助皇上有功他被封了大官，重审戚家被害的案件。他凭着聪慧与口才，全力为戚秦氏讨回公道。
