香港某大型医院，外科主任医师佟倩（赵薇 饰）刚刚完成例行巡视。接二连三的手术让她的神经高度紧张，加上有的患者术后情况并不理想，无形间使她的精神承受了巨大的压力。就在此时，一名遭受枪伤的男子被紧急送到医院。对方名叫张礼信（钟汉良 饰），是一个胆大包天且狡诈非常的高智商罪犯。虽然头部中枪，但幸运的是并未给他造成巨大的创伤。从昏迷中醒来的张拒绝手术，仿佛正耐心等待时机。监视并开枪射伤他的警官陈伟乐（古天乐 饰）高度紧张，他急于知道对方同伙的下落，为此不惜采用非法手段。Realizing that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to refuse immediate treatment in order to bide time for his underlings to rescue him. The detective in charge sees through his scheme but decides to play along so as to capture his whole gang once and for all.
