月球最高监狱，穷凶极恶的伯格罗多星人鲍里斯（杰梅奈·克莱门特 Jemaine Clement 饰）越狱逃亡。他在1969年犯下邪恶罪行，最终被年轻的K（乔什·布洛林 Josh Brolin 饰） 砍掉一只手臂，送入监狱。此次他逃脱的目的，就是穿越时空杀死K。与此同时，J （威尔·史密斯 Will Smith 饰）和K（汤米·李·琼斯 Tommy Lee Jones 饰）一如既往处理各种外星人引起的混乱，因对鲍里斯的案件三缄其口，两个好搭档心生隔阂。 　　崭新的一天，J发现K消失不见，周围更几乎没人知道K这个人。此时的K已在40年前被鲍里斯杀死，他所建立的A网也不复存在。在这危急时刻，伯格罗多星人大举入侵地球。为了保护家园，J必须穿越时空再次改变历史……After breaking out of a moon-based maximum security prison, Boris the Animal decides to go back in time and eliminate the person who arrested him - Agent K. When he does so, Agent J realizes that the time line has been changed and he too travels back to July 15, 1969, the day before Agent K is killed. After overcoming some disbelief, J manages to convince young K and others of just who he is and why he's there. With the help of a being who can see all time lines, they track Boris down. J also learns a secret, something old K had never told him.