在不久后的2005年，一种名为“轮滑球(Rollerball)的新兴竞技运动以其超乎寻常的惊险、刺激吸引了大众的注意力，成为一大体育娱乐热点。每当赛季到来时，数以万计狂热的观众都会疯狂地为自己支持的队伍下注，然后守在电视前观看紧张的现场转播。然而，在这项运动的背后，却隐藏着黑暗残酷的内幕……

西蒙（杰里米•艾恩斯 饰）是个头脑慎密，心狠手毒的恐怖分子。为了实现一场惊天大阴谋，他先是制造了一起爆炸案。在警方紧张破案之际，他又给警长约翰•麦卡伦（布鲁斯•威利斯 饰）打电话，声称警方必须听从他的一系列指令，否则他将继续在全市搞爆炸活动。　　在杂货店老板宙斯（塞缪尔•杰克逊 饰）的帮助下，麦卡伦完成了西蒙的一系列指令，多次死里逃生。然而意犹未尽的西蒙，命令麦克莱恩去拆除街心花园的炸弹，又宣称在纽约市一所小学校内安放了炸弹。警方和市政官员几乎全部出动，去各小学疏散学生，搜寻炸弹。　　麦卡伦逐渐对西蒙一个又一个的指令产生疑虑，他终于发现西蒙调动全市警力背后的真相……

22岁的毒贩克里斯（埃米尔·赫斯基 Emile Hirsch 饰）欠了一屁股债，高利贷主正威胁要追杀他。为保性命，他想到了唯一的办法，就是谋杀亲母阿黛尔以赚取高额保险，并联合了父亲、继母和妹妹多蒂（朱诺·坦普尔 Juno Temple 饰）一起瓜分这笔横财。然而克里斯不愿自己动手，遂瞄准了专业杀手乔（马修·麦康纳 Matthew McConaughey 饰），然而乔只做买卖不做慈善，筹不够钱不会动手。束手无策之时，克里斯只好先把妹妹暂时当“订金”交给乔。本以为万事办妥，只等坐收巨款的克里斯，却没想到事情竟往戏剧化的方向发展而去……　　本片曾获土星奖最佳独立电影、最佳男主角、最佳导演、最佳女配角、最佳编剧奖。

John Wood left the pieces of a broken civilisation behind, to go back to his roots in the woodland, after a virus pandemic struck the world. Residing in a simple cabin, he only wants peace and to live in harmony with nature. Coming from a long line of timber men, he joined the army and served as a soldier for many years. Rebelling against his superiors for killing civilians under martial law. John feels he got his own wife killed when saving hundreds of innocent civilians from certain death. His wife executed point blank as retribution for John's disobedience and supposed heroic acts. Now, a young woman named Maria Johnson has escaped a pandemic research lab. She's been part of experiments to find a cure for the still raging virus. Carrying the potential cure in her blood, she is hunted by profiteers and mercenaries who knows her secret. Coming upon John's cabin in the woods, Maria is instinctively taken into shelter by John. He wants her to recover fast and leave, but by learning her...