In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps. Explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the rich
foster brother, HENRY, in San Francisco. Henry reluctantly takes him in but finds their old feud is far from extinguished. Then Bolt falls for SONYA - Henry's ex-girlfriend. As the mafia closes in, Bolt, Henry and Sonya must band together to
华特（克里斯蒂安·贝尔 Christian Bale 饰）是目无王法的纨绔子弟，因为杀害了一名黑人学生而被沙夫特（塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰）捉拿归案。无奈华特的家里有权有势，仅仅略施小计就令华特无罪释放。然而，重获自由的华特却并不懂得珍惜，他对让自己丢了面子的沙夫特恨之入骨，发誓一定要除之而后快。
沙夫特因为坚守内心里的正义，因此树敌众多，想要取他性命的，除了华特以外，还有曾经被他羞辱过的毒枭和在警察局里贪污受贿的刑警。性命同样受到威胁的，还有目击了华特杀人现场的证人，沙夫特
