一部关于爱情、性..欲、关系等多元素喜剧电影。影片充满了澳式幽默，把一个严重幻想症的女人，一堆面临困扰的夫妻等等一些角色巧妙地联系到一起。
宁采臣（张国荣 饰）与燕赤霞（午马 饰）安葬好小倩的骨灰后，分道扬镳。宁采臣回到世间，正是奸臣当道，朝政混乱，民生困苦的时代。宁偶入一家黑店，险被残杀之际又被捕快误抓入狱，遇到名士诸葛卧龙（谷峰 饰），得其相救。逃出狱后路经一所荒寺，被年青鬼马道士知秋一叶（张学友 饰）缠上，误会不断。山庄中阴森恐布，隐藏着一只巨尸，然巨尸未现，却出现一伙白衣鬼魂。宁偶摘掉其中一女子面具，发现其竟与昔日恋人小倩（王祖贤 饰）一模一样……
伊莱克斯的传奇史诗，重现伟大的死灵圣法神·亡灵天灾伊莱克斯的荣光之路。从光明信仰走出后，是对束缚的破壁；又在枷锁下被冲击，是时代再一次的闭锁。原本身为天之骄子，但在帝国利益间伊莱克斯成为威胁统治的存在，随后国家与教廷利用他的爱人将其算计，并毫无犹豫的决定抹杀，最后伊莱克斯凭借一己之力重创这个背叛他的世界，造就了一代传奇。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...
