纽约街头,四名顽皮少年策划着一场好戏捉弄一下街边卖热狗的小贩以打发午后无聊的时光。不料玩笑开大了,他们误伤了路人,被判进入男童院监禁数月。在男童院里,每到半夜,他们都会被狱卒们叫出去,被殴打、鸡奸。当他们重获自由后,四个伙伴决定将这段屈辱永埋心底。
多年后,其中两个 伙伴迈克尔(布拉德·皮特 Brad Pitt 饰)成了副检察官,洛伦左(杰森•帕特里克 Jason Patric 饰)成了记者,然而另外两个约翰(朗·埃达德 Ron Eldard 饰)和汤米(比利·克鲁德普 Billy Crudup 饰)却无法走出当年阴影,成了黑帮分子。当约翰和汤米在餐厅碰到当年鸡奸他们的狱卒之一肖恩(凯文·贝肯 Kevin Bacon 饰)时,毫不犹豫射杀了他。为了帮助伙伴,迈克尔想出了一个周全的计划:他们请来著名的糊涂律师为他们作辩护,而迈克尔为肖恩担任控方,努力要将官司打输;洛伦左则通过手段将肖恩卑劣的人品揭露……
28岁的博士生奥玛(奥玛尔·梅特瓦利 Omar Metwally 饰)决定撰写一本关于作家裘洛斯·关德的传记小说,他的前程和事业均紧紧的与这本小说相连着。据相关记载,裘洛斯早已经自杀身亡,他的哥哥亚当(安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰)、妻子卡洛琳(劳拉·琳妮 Laura Linney 饰)和情妇雅登(夏洛特·甘斯布 Charlotte Gainsbourg 饰)是世界上仅存的同裘洛斯有关联的三人。 不知为何,这三人都回绝了奥玛希望得到小说授权的请求。在女友蒂德莉(亚历山德拉·玛丽亚·拉那 Alexandra Maria Lara 饰)的劝说下,不甘心的奥玛决定亲自前往他们位于乌拉圭的一处偏僻小镇的豪宅进行拜访。奥玛的到来打破了小镇上的宁静,一段尘封多年的往事就此渐渐浮出了水面。
威廉姆(斯图尔特·汤森德 Stuart Townsend 饰)和妻子凯伦(查理兹·塞隆 Charlize Theron 饰)之间的感情十分要好,两人共同养育着可爱乖巧的女儿阿比盖尔(达科塔·范宁 Dakota Fanning 饰),一家人的幸福生活堪称典范。然而,在我们的故事里,这样的幸福注定不会长久。
乔(凯文·贝肯 Kevin Bacon 饰)和谢瑞尔(科特妮·洛芙 Courtney Love 饰)是一对智商极高的亡命鸳鸯,在“劫富济贫”的信念之中,在天衣无缝的配合之下,两人犯下了一桩又一桩的完美绑架案。这一次,他们的目标正是威廉姆和凯伦一家人。阿比盖尔失踪了,与此同时,威廉姆和凯伦分别收到了一封时限为24小时的通牒,在绑匪规定的时间内,他们能够顺利救出阿比盖尔吗?
瑞恩(Ryan Slater 饰)的爸爸迈克尔(史蒂芬·朗 Stephen Lang 饰)在中国四川大熊猫保护区工作,从小,瑞恩就对爸爸的工作和神秘的熊猫充满了向往和憧憬。暑假来临,这一次,瑞恩终于有机会能够亲临迈克尔的工作场所,这让她感到格外兴奋。
然而,瑞恩刚刚抵达目的地,保护区内便发生了一起偷猎事件,一只熊猫妈妈和它刚出生不久的宝宝遭到了偷猎分子的残忍迫害,顾不上儿子,迈克尔立刻赶往现场,同偷猎者们展开了激烈的斗争。在交火之中,迈克尔受伤了,他不得不将瑞恩和小女孩阿琳(丁一 饰)及其爷爷一行人留在原地,乘上直升机暂时先走一步。阿琳的爷爷对偷猎分子们深恶痛绝,他决定依靠自己的力量,找到失落的小熊猫。
The stuffy medical director of a big-city hospital and his nemesis, a cheeky young intern, finally come to a subject they can both agree on: they're having romantic problems. The director has fallen in love and isn't quite sure how to handle it, and the young doctor is pursuing a beautiful model who apparently doesn't reciprocate his affections.
Marine Biologist Jason and his wife Abby goes to Pola, Mindoro where he is tasked to lead the rehabilitation and preservation of a fish sanctuary. There, he meets his diving assistant Dennis and the two hit it off instantly. As they work together, Jason learns bits and pieces about Dennis and his family; and Dennis is moved with Jason's passion for his work. They also find themselves in contradicting problems when Dennis got his girlfriend Tanya pregnant, while Jason and Abby have been struggling to have a baby for years, but to no avail because of Abby's illness. As days go by, Jason and Dennis develop romantic feelings for each other, eventually giving in to their sexual desires. But their affair takes an unprecedented turn when Abby finds out about Jason and Dennis' affair and catches them in the act. Abby's shock from her discovery made her illness worse, resulting in her hospitalization. Jason now has to choose between Abby and Dennis, and someone will be left brokenhearted.