黑帮老大艾迪•金策划了一起凶杀案，被偶然路过的年轻人西恩•琼斯（Nathan Phillips 饰）目击。为了在法庭上成功指控这个作恶多端的黑社会头子，警方派出资深联邦密探尼维利•费恩（Samuel L. Jackson 饰）负责保护西恩，并将其从夏威夷护送至洛杉矶法庭。为避免证人遇害，尼维利采取声东击西的策略，与西恩偷偷乘上一架普通的红眼航班。...
黑帮老大艾迪•金策划了一起凶杀案，被偶然路过的年轻人西恩•琼斯（Nathan Phillips 饰）目击。为了在法庭上成功指控这个作恶多端的黑社会头子，警方派出资深联邦密探尼维利•费恩（Samuel L. Jackson 饰）负责保护西恩，并将其从夏威夷护送至洛杉矶法庭。为避免证人遇害，尼维利采取声东击西的策略，与西恩偷偷乘上一架普通的红眼航班。...
On the run from his former employer, a reluctant hitman seeks refuge in an isolated village where he is faced with events that test the true nature of his conscience....
The film describes the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults' irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children's future....
