退休炸弹专家佩恩（丹尼斯?霍珀 Dennis Hopper  饰）因不满政府的退休政策，产生了报复社会的念头。他先是在电梯里安装炸弹，劫持人质勒索100万美元赎金，但被特警杰克（基努?李维斯 Keanu Reeves 饰）拆除了炸弹，救出了人质。佩恩趁乱逃脱。 　　一计不成，佩恩并没有放

　　Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn