摩尔(吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰)是一名经验丰富的强盗,通过不法的勾当,他赚得盆满钵满,娶了美丽的太太弗兰(丽贝卡·彼得根 Rebecca Pidgeon 饰),日子过得有滋有味。可是,在一次抢劫行动中,向来小心谨慎的摩尔竟然马失前蹄,他的模样被录进了监控里,这样一搞,摩尔的江洋大盗生活基本上可以说是走到了尽头。 福无双至祸不单行,一直负责给摩尔销赃的搭档博格曼(丹尼·德维托 Danny DeVito 饰)也在这个节骨眼上背叛了他,将赃款全数吞进。与此同时,弗兰也移情别恋,想要离摩尔而去。被步步紧逼的摩尔无奈之下只得同意帮博格曼再干最后一笔大买卖。David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected.