When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on....
In the middle of Nowheresville lives 16-year-old Mike who wants out of his crappy life - permanently! Spending his time devising ways to do himself in, he considers the fatal brain tumor in his head as a godsend. That changes when he meets a girl and falls in love for the first time - without even knowing what love is....
故事发生在堪萨斯州的一个小城里，当地的一名专替黑帮打官司的律师查理（约翰•库萨克 John Cusack 饰）平时运气平平，圣诞前夜却交了天大的好运。他和律师楼的拍档维克（比利•鲍伯•松顿 Billy Bob Thornton 饰）从当地黑帮老大比尔（兰迪•奎德 Randy Quaid 饰）那里弄到整整两百万美金！两人打算在圣诞节那天就携款远走高飞，查理还打算带上自己的红颜知己雷纳塔（康妮•尼尔森 Connie Nielsen 饰）一起。两人的美梦却在圣诞节当天被一场暴风雪击得粉碎。因为暴风雪的原因，当地的交通完全瘫痪，所有人都被困在了这个小城镇。眼看着比尔派来的杀手在步步逼近，警察也在追寻他们，查理和维克怎样度过这个风雪圣诞夜？...
