During an exclusive tour, a power breakdown inside a secret prison known as the Death House sends two agents fighting through a labyrinth of horrors while being pursued by a ruthless army of roaming inmates. As they fight to escape, the agents push toward the lowest depths of the facility where they learn a supernatural group of evil beings are their only chance for survival.

　　安妮（桑德拉·布洛克 Sandra Bullock 饰）和杰克的恋情并未走到最后，失落的安妮决意不再与特警恋爱，现任男友亚历克斯（杰森·帕特里克 Jason Patric 饰）为爱情隐藏特警身份，但无奈还是暴露，于是携安妮前往加勒比海度假作为弥补。在他们的游轮上，潜藏着一名危险人物——设计轮船操作系统的工程师基格（威廉·达福 Willem Dafoe 饰），基格身患绝症却遭到解雇，他为了报复公司掌控了轮船的自动航行系统，在船内装满炸弹，船长只得与乘客弃船，危机关头，亚历克斯挺身而出，与安妮返回船上救助被困的乘客。在游轮冲向毁灭终点的同时，安妮又落入了基格之手……

一个农民带着一包现金收留一名受伤男子的故事。当一队人来要钱时，他必须决定信任谁。在防御围攻时，他展现了一个持枪的天才，他的真实身份受到了质疑。

　　Emerson Graham's nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to defeat a force of evil. The meter is running.

　　根据马修·蒂格为《时尚先生》杂志撰写的获得国家杂志大奖的文章改编，布拉德·英格尔斯比操刀该剧本。故事讲述在得知伴侣妮可(约翰逊饰)只有六个月的生命后，马修(阿弗莱克饰)意外地得到了他们最好朋友(席格尔饰)的支持。他搬到了他们家，暂时搁置了自己的生活。