电影明星文森特（艾德里安·格尼尔 Adrian Grenier 饰）跟他的好兄弟艾里克（凯文·康诺利 Kevin Connolly 饰）、特托（杰瑞·费拉拉 Jerry Ferrara 饰）及伽玛（凯文·狄龙 Kevin Dillon 饰）重出江湖，加入金牌经纪人兼电影公司总经理阿里（杰里米·皮文 Jeremy Piven 饰）的旗下。他们在竞争激烈的好莱坞演艺圈里摸爬滚打，杀出重围，在这期间，他们的目标也发生了微小的变化，但彼此的友谊仍坚定无比……...
Mayor of Kingstown, starring Jeremy Renner and Dianne Wiest, follows the McLusky family, power brokers in Kingstown, Mich., where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry....
Jim Street(Colin Farrell 饰)是洛杉矶S.W.A.T(反恐特警组)的一员，在和搭档Brian Gamble（Jeremy Renner 饰）执行一次人质解救任务时，由于Brian的失误，人质向政府要求赔偿，Brian一怒之下离开警队，Jim也被 调到别的部门，二人之间的友谊就此结束了。
6个月之后，Jim靠自己不懈努力终于回到S.W.A.T。此时的S.W.A.T由Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson（Samuel L. Jackson 饰）担任指挥官，有五名队员，并打破了没有女人的规则，出现了S.W.A.T.的第一名女队员——一位单亲妈妈 Chris Sanchez(Michelle Rodriguez饰)。
在Harrelson的指导下，五名队员接受几个星期的严酷训练之后，Jim和队友开始执行首次任务：看管声明狼籍的大毒枭.Alex Montel (Olivier Martinez 饰)——一个经营贩毒，军火走私，洗黑钱等罪恶勾当的罪犯。
Alex Montel被洛杉矶警察逮捕后，仍然打算在引渡之前逃脱法网，他通过媒体许诺：任何能把他解救出来的人将可以得到1亿美元的巨额赏金。为了得到这笔钱，亡命徒们展开了行动，其中包括Jim的老搭档Brian Gamble，S.W.A.T的队员们面临最艰巨的挑战，而关键时刻，队员的变节和上级领导的不信任，几乎将他们逼入绝境。</p>...
At the beginning of the movie a pharmacist receives an anonymous letter that threatens him of death. And the murder actually happens. Seems very simple but nothing is what it seems and the journey to the truth will be long and difficult. The book is excellent and the movie is at par with it and very faithful to the romance. Great direction. Incredible cast with Gabriele Ferzetti in his best interpretation together with the one in "C'era una volta il West" and Gianmaria Volonté simply beyond reach as always. Many other great actors. Yes I am an enthusiast 'cause there's not a word or a shot out of place in this movie and the plot is ingenious. Who is going to see this film for the first time will be taken away by the developments (the pace seems to be calm but looking in between the kinks you may realize that many things are going rapidly on). Trying to figure out what is the kernel of the happenings and the "reasons" for the murder is a very interesting exercise but it's highly unlikely for the spectator not to experience a big surprise at the end. In my opinion Elio Petri at his best (I mean at the same level of his other masterwork: La classe operaia va in Paradiso).</p>...
