After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for that, but there are some people in the town who will stop at nothing to hide the secrets of their past...

好莱坞著名演员尼克兰决定改变银幕形象，因而接下一个警探的角色。为了演好这个角色，他到纽约与一位真正的凶杀组刑警约翰摩斯，共同生活两个星期，以体验警探真实的生活。但摩斯一点也不欢迎这位大明星，却碍于上终的命令，只得带著他一起去追捕一位连续杀人的罪犯，结果每次设计好的诱捕计划都被笨手笨脚的尼克兰搞砸了。

6个陌生人发现自己被困在一个荒凉的停尸间，不久后他们便遇到了一系列不可预知恐怖事件。而他们此时唯一的希望，就是如何生存下去的问题...