罗伯特·戴维依饰演纽约市的警官柯代尔,原是警界精英,但过分忠直却处处树敌,终于被敌人诬陷下狱。他在狱中受尽折磨,心性大变,复仇之火使他变成极尽毁灭能事的刽子手,甚至在出狱后仍要重回监狱去对付那些欺负过他的仇人。Officer Matt Cordell, the undead cop, returns from the grave. Again. This time he is after the criminals who murdered him in the prison, and he is not doing that because he wants to forgive them...