黛拉?梅尔斯（金·贝辛格 Kim Basinger 饰）和丈夫肯尼斯（克雷格·谢菲尔 Craig Sheffer 饰）及一对可爱的孩子生活在城市近郊的富人区。他们生活优渥，饮食无忧，却同样有着无休无止的烦恼。黛拉温良贤淑，是家中的贤内助，肯尼斯性格急躁，时而对妻子大发雷霆。 　　在圣诞前夜，肯尼斯的暴脾气令黛拉倍感失落，她决定暂时出去购物缓解一下心情。然而事与愿违，在停车场黛拉被修伊（Jamie Starr 饰）、文格（Leonard Wu 饰）、托马斯（Luis Chávez 饰）、查基（Lukas Haas 饰）等四个小青年纠缠。一名警察上前制止反被查基等人杀害，黛拉则落荒而逃。由于她目击枪杀警察的全过程，小青年们随即紧追不舍，企图杀人灭口。黛拉的恐怖圣诞夜就此拉开序幕……

20世纪90年代初，中东战火一触即发，著名的“沙漠风暴”正在酝酿之中。20岁的小伙子安东尼·斯沃福德（杰克·吉伦哈尔JakeGyllenhaal饰）出身于军人世家，他的祖父父亲、叔父是历次战场上走下来的英雄。安东尼从小耳濡目染，立志成为一名在战场上立下莫大功勋的光荣军人。经过无数残酷训练，他终于被派往海军陆战队第七陆战远征旅第二营，正式投身中东战场。安东尼踌躇满志，却发现战争的残酷远远出乎他的意料。在此期间，家乡的女友不忠出轨，恐惧、空虚、压抑则时刻折磨他的神经，战争的真正意义更令他陷入沉思与矛盾之中……

詹妮弗·洛佩兹饰演的离婚少妇，与隔壁邻居，年轻学生诺阿（《舞出我人生》男星瑞安·古兹曼饰）擦出火花，生活随之急转直下…… 　　J Lo扮演一位教师，丈夫是个花心大萝卜，离婚后不久，隔壁搬来一位英俊美少年诺阿，他与自己的儿子关系融洽，他去她的班上上课，他说她很美。于是他们越走越近，东风一夜之后，J Lo想要中断这不伦的关系，诺阿却成了危险，变态的跟踪狂，要毁了她的生活，她的工作，她的一切。

Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The police have been alerted and they are under suspicion. Asif, Shahid and Mushtaq grab suitcases, the computer, and a cardboard box containing bomb making equipment and bolt out the door. Shahid's getaway car is clamped so the three are forced to escape on foot from the pursuing police. Cornered, they dive into a restaurant on a busy city street. It is the Olympus Grill and dinner is being served to its well-heeled clientele. With the police outside, Asif, Shahid and Mushtaq have nowhere to go. Mushtaq, thinking quickly, declares that they will hold the restaurant goers hostage. The diners are forced to get up from their tables where they have been enjoying the delicious Greek cuisine. They are lined up against a wall. Electra, the young waitress, is also forced to stand in line.

最好的朋友克里夫和奥蒂斯计划通过从一些最危险的敌人那里偷窃来快速致富……