En route to meet his estranged daughter and attempting to revive his dwindling career, a broken, aging comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave desert.
男主人公特里普（帕特里克·德姆西 Patrick Dempsey饰）来到银行换钱，刚跟女柜员凯琳（艾什莉·贾德 Ashley Judd饰）搭上话，却悲催的碰到银行被打劫。银行保安系统开启，所有人都成了笼中之鸟。而更巧合的是居然有两伙抢劫犯。由此一段阴差阳错中展开的猫鼠大战拉开序幕。无辜的人质跟笨拙的劫匪间处处周旋，波澜中高潮不断。
