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....
An old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the extraordinary people who, by using incredible tricks, will eliminate Death that threatens them....
埃文（本·斯蒂勒 Ben Stiller 饰）是镇上的一个商店经理，对社区的事务也十分积极。然而商店保安却遭遇了意外谋杀，当地警察却无心追查，埃文的生活就此被打乱，他决心自己找出凶手。埃文将目光投向了邻里街坊，并与同样在生活中受挫的鲍勃（文斯·沃恩 Vince Vaughn 饰）、富兰克林（乔纳·希尔 Jonah Hill 饰）和贾马克思（理查德·艾欧阿德 Richard Ayoade 饰）四人组成了邻里联防组，每天在镇上巡逻，当然也借此理由偶尔放纵。在一次驾车巡逻时，他们意外地发现了一个奇怪的金属球，与此同时，镇上也出现了几起神秘死亡事件，联防组在被一只外来生物攻击时制服了它，得知外星人已经入侵小镇，并且通过偷窃人类皮囊来伪装成人，施展攻势。联防组方知行动已经迫在眉睫但却雾里看花，因为小镇上的任何一个人都可能是外星人，然而更可怕的是，外星人的最终目......
