Alan Binder is a skillful hostage negotiator, the best in Mexico, who will soon face the most crucial case of his career when the President and his lover are kidnapped. The kidnapper demands to negotiate only with him....
A small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a mysterious cult leader with devious plans for their match....
杰瑞·弗莱彻（梅尔·吉布森 Mel Gibson 饰）是纽约一名普通的出租车司机，他孑然一身，无所事事。大概是过于无聊，杰瑞的脑中经常幻想关于政府的各种阴谋论，并将它们告诉给每一个乘客。似乎有些弄假成真，他日常生活中也谨小慎微，紧张兮兮。杰瑞迷上了美丽的律师艾丽丝·萨顿（朱丽娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰），并经常带着他的那些阴谋论新闻找艾丽丝交流。近一段时间，纽约经常出现水管爆裂的情况，目击到FBI曾在现场出现，杰瑞断定这背后定有什么阴谋。这次他没有猜错，很快一群神秘人物就盯上了这个口无遮拦的男人……...
