一个事业屡屡受挫的制片人,终于同意帮自己的侄子拍摄一部关于19世纪英国政治家本杰明·迪斯雷利的电影。不过他想要得到投资的前提是,必须由一位侄子指定的明星来主演这部片子。结果,在欧洲拍摄现场,明星遭到了绑架,电影也拍不成了。制片人绞尽脑汁,终于想出一个计划去解救明星,以挽救陷入停顿的电影……A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli, but can only get financing if he casts a well-known action star. Production is halted however, when the lead actor is kidnapped, so the producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.