天上降龙罗汉（周星驰）与众仙打赌，称在凡间会令三名凡人于一定时限内为他人作出牺牲，否则他愿再受轮回之苦。伏虎罗汉化身和尚济公来到人间，边游戏人间边普渡为生的间隙，他选中被老天所罚的九世乞丐（黄秋生）、遭男人欺女人辱的妓女（张曼玉）、杀人如麻的大盗（黄志强）为实验品。 凭 借鬼马机智巧妙安排一番后，济公与三人建立了良好的关系，而最终，九世乞丐与大盗被济公感化作出为他人牺牲之举，妓女更是一往情深爱上他，令他开始为是否自动放弃神仙身份留在凡间而烦恼。
一部人海众生相式的电影，角色众多，枝节纵横交错，将五十年代初期纽约布鲁克林区的底下层社会面貌作出活生生的反映，故事背景是正在进行大罢工的边缘地带，工人已有六个月没工作，人人心情烦燥，此时一名年轻妓女崔拉拉自甘随落的行为，引起了一群醉酒士兵、流氓青年和失业工人的大围殴，情况一发不可收拾。导演尤里奇．埃迪尔采用十分沉低调的手法来刻画社会边缘人的阴暗面，角色包括了：同性恋青年、未婚怀孕的女儿、不良帮派份子、专搞仙人跳的妓女等等，部份色情暴力的场面处理得相当露骨。饰演妓女的珍妮弗．贾森．利有遭人轮暴的激情演出，凭本片一举成名。
Based on the book by Naoki Higashida this immersive film explores the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people around the world.
Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. Pootie must learn to find himself and defeat the evil corporation for all the young black children of America, supatime.
