At the start of his senior year in high school, Morgan's father has lost his company, so the family moves from Connecticut, where they've been in the yacht club, to an apartment in the San Fernando Valley. Morgan has grown up in the shadow of his high-achieving older brother, and he seems to have a knack for getting into trouble. He also has a stubborn streak, so when he finds himself attracted to Frankie, the girlfriend of the leader of a local gang of youthful thugs, he can't stop himself from pushing her for a relationship. The thug thinks of Frankie as his property and sees the cool, urbane Morgan as dead meat. Is this a struggle to the death?

　　文斯（比尔派斯顿）和唐（威廉沙德勒）是来自阿肯色州的义勇消防队员，两人在一次火灾现场中自濒死的受害人手中得到一张藏宝图，并从他口中得知这笔宝藏是一批在50年前失窃的黄金，并且仍埋在一处废弃建筑物下。　　在一时贪念驱使下，文斯和唐前往伊利诺州寻宝，但两人的发财梦却因亲眼目击一谋杀案而宣告终止，不幸的是他们也因被卷入两大黑帮的火拼，而被黑帮老大下格杀令，就此展开一场猫捉老鼠的致命游戏中……

　　当爱逐渐变得褪色无光，婚姻的瓶颈期就随之而来了。本（布鲁斯·威利斯 Bruce Willis饰）和凯迪（米歇尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer饰）的婚姻也面临着这个难题。一方面，他们还爱着对方，另一方面却又对每况愈下的婚姻质量失去耐性。孩子们去夏令营了。这一个月里面，他们可以有足够的空间和时间重温旧梦，寻回爱情的美妙感觉。然而，他们的努力一再白费。刻意的挽回婚姻只令彼此都更清楚到了非分开不可的地步了。于是，二人协商，在孩子们回来的那天，要跟他们好好谈论离婚的决定。　　首先反悔的是凯迪，她对本的爱情明明还在，而这个家庭的气息让她如此舍不得摧毁。凯迪的爱意让本也觉得，他们应该再为婚姻的努力一下……