盗贼麦尔斯(马丁·劳伦斯 Martin Lawrence 饰)与三名同伙合作盗窃钻石,岂料其中一人德克背叛了他们,警方被惊动,麦尔斯走投无路,只得逃跑中将钻石藏在一栋未完工的大楼通风管道里,之后束手就擒。两年后,麦尔斯刑满释放,但外面的一切似乎都已改变,女友不再需要他,而当年他藏钻石的那栋楼居然变成了——警察局!为了取回钻石,麦尔斯偷到ID卡,又凭借伪造的档案乔装成警察混入警局,由于警方缺人手,假警察麦尔斯很快得到任命,和菜鸟探员卡森(卢克·威尔逊 Luke Wilson 饰)结成搭档。麦尔斯凭借自己的盗窃经验很快表现出位,在警局得到重用,而管道中的钻石经过冲洗后下落不明,麦尔斯只得坚持假装下去。不久,德克为了得到麦尔斯的钻石再次出现……
Theo Abrams is an ex-Cape Town fireman suffering from severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Unable to return to work due to the psychological trauma sustained during a failed rescue mission, an increasingly frustrated and volatile Theo's world is rocked when one morning, he wakes up next to his wife's murdered corpse with no recollection of what transpired and all evidence suggesting that he's killed her. When the police label him as the prime suspect, Theo goes on the run, and is soon being hunted by Deputy Chief of Police, Alan Shard, a notoriously ruthless soldier of the law, who is hell-bent on catching Theo as one last act of service before he officially retires. However, when an unknown third party is thrown into the mix, Theo discovers an alarming connection between the sinister forces hunting him in an attempt to silence him permanently for a reason he can't comprehend; and a recent investigation his wife was conducting into a global armament contractor. When connecting the dots becomes a matter of life and death, Theo becomes embroiled in a desperate fight for survival and must figure out who really murdered his wife before a terrifying conspiracy changes the course of a nation forever.
一家银行遭到了劫持,一个吸毒成性的谈判专家迈克尔·约翰逊(迈克尔·加·怀特 Michael Jai White 饰)负责谈判,而绑匪正是他的哥哥(奎顿·杰克逊 Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson 饰)。他无心谈判,一心想要逃走并且在此过程中也不断的羞辱着迈克尔。 一时间,两人玩起了警匪之间的猫鼠游戏……