As night falls, veteran criminal policeman Zhong Wen (Jackie Chan) receives a call from his daughter Miao Miao (Jing Tian), who has been away from home for a long time. He arrives at Wu Bar, which is celebrating its third anniversary, on time with secret joy. Wu Jiang (Liu Ye), the owner of Wu Bar, receives him warmly, but the bizarre and smoky scene in the bar makes Zhong Wen unhappy. Later, Miao Miao arrives. Seeing his tattooed and dyed hair and unruly daughter, Zhong Wen tries to communicate with his daughter in a friendly manner, but he still loses his temper when he learns that Wu Jiang is his daughter's boyfriend. At this time, a migrant worker brings a bomb into the venue to ask for wages. Zhong Wen makes an extraordinary move to resolve the dispute, but he is knocked unconscious with a baseball bat not long after. When he wakes up, he finds himself tied to a chair, and the cold Wu Jiang announces that he will take him hostage. In a limited time, Zhong Wen has to fight wits and courage with this cunning and fierce gangster to find a chance to escape...