小说家周时杰（李连杰）被妻子莫尼卡（关之琳）闹离婚，郁闷之下开始编写剧集《冒险王》的剧本，想象中他成了民国时代的冒险王卫亦信，莫妮卡变作日本特务加美子，借此宣泄郁闷。唐三藏当年西天取得、今下落不明的...
驻南美某国日本大使馆，大使黛竹千代（松本幸四郎 饰）为人冷酷严厉，奢华无度，他利用职权之便大肆敛财，引得当地民众怨声载道。适值外务大臣即将来访的重要时刻，作为参事的川北健（及川光博 饰）不愿再涉足泥潭，准备召开媒体恳谈会将大使的罪行公布于众，他也由此引来杀身之祸。与此同时，刚巧来南美洲度假的古畑任三郎（田村正和 饰）因护照被猴子偷走而被迫滞留，所幸遇到了无处不在的花田（八岛智人 饰）而暂得栖身之地。不久之后，绑架川北的勒索信函送至，但是这封疑点重重的勒索信马上便引起古畑刑警的怀疑…… 本片为《古畑任三郎》系列第五部SP。
In the nuclear ravaged wasteland of Earth 2087 water is as precious as life itself. The isolated Lost Wells outpost survived the holocaust and the inhabitants guard the source of their existence. Now an evil cult of renegades want control of their valuable water supply. And the villagers are no match for such brute military force. Only one man can help the stricken community - a mercenary living in a distant cannibal city. But even he, and his strange henchmen, may not be able to survive in the world gone wild.
