故事发生在1880年的澳大利亚,警察和黑帮之间的关系已经降到了冰点,所有人都知道,事态再照这样发展下去,一场恶斗在所难免。土匪阿瑟(丹尼·休斯顿 Danny Huston 饰)的举动让事件向更糟的方向发展而去,他在小镇居民霍普金斯家展开了一场血腥残暴的大屠杀后逃之夭夭。
看到兄弟已然丧失了理智,查尔斯(盖·皮尔斯 Guy Pearce 饰)决定带着麦克(理查德·威尔森 Richard Wilson 饰)远走高飞。在关键时刻,斯坦利警长(雷·温斯顿 Ray Winstone 饰)制服了查尔斯,绑架了麦克,他以麦克的性命为筹码,要求查尔斯杀掉丧心病狂的阿瑟。两边都是手足情深的兄弟,查尔斯陷入了艰难的抉择之中。
退役前,邦·汉姆(汤米·李·琼斯 Tommy Lee Jones 饰)是一名特种兵训练教官,凭借着自己出色的身手和丰富的野外生存经验,邦·汉姆训练出了一支战斗力和破坏力的极其强大的特种精英部队。城市周边发生的几起谋杀案让居民们陷入了恐慌,负责该案件的女探员艾比(康妮·尼尔森 Connie Nielsen 饰)找到了早已远离江湖的邦·汉姆,希望他能够协助她破案。
经过了一些列的调查和追踪,邦·汉姆发现凶手的作案手法和风格与自己十分相似,那也就意味着,这个嗜血的凶徒,很可能就是自己曾经教导过的学生。渐渐的,一个名叫亚伦(本尼西奥·德尔·托罗 Benicio Del Toro 饰)的男人的身影浮出了水面,他正是凶手本人,而他所作的这一切不为了别的,只为了引诱邦·汉姆再度出山。
When 10-year old Olivia's Mom goes on a business trip for the weekend, she leaves Olivia home alone with her 17-year-old brother Miles in charge. The first night, Olivia falls asleep on the couch, and wakes up, not realizing how late it is. She walks her dog Charlie without Miles knowing, and witnesses a young woman being kidnapped on the empty New York City streets. Olivia runs home and tells Miles, but he doesn't believe her. The next morning, she explains what happened to local cops, and they don't believe her either! Only a cynical female detective named Dottie (played by Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon) listens to Olivia, but she too is skeptical. Undaunted, Olivia bravely launches her own investigation, putting herself into perilous situations. Her can-do spirit ignites one extraordinary adventure after another. Can she outwit the bad guys and convince her brother and Dottie of the truth in time to save the day