哈里（丹尼·德维托 Danny DeVito 饰）和泽尼亚（雷亚·普尔曼 Rhea Perlman 饰）两夫妻，一个是商人，一个是赌棍，两人再也没有想到的是，他们爱情的结晶，小小的玛蒂尔达（玛拉·威尔逊 Mara Wilson 饰）竟然是个世间罕有的天才。应玛蒂尔达的要求，完全忽视她的教育的父母将她送进了康琴小学，一段新的旅程在玛蒂尔达面前就此展开。　　身为康琴小学的校长，特拉齐布尔小姐（帕姆·费里斯 Pam Ferris 饰）喜欢听话而温顺的孩子，身为铅球高手，她解决问题的唯一方法就是武力。和暴力的特拉齐布尔小姐完全相反的是一年级老师汉尼小姐（艾伯丝·戴维兹 Embeth Davidtz 饰），她的温柔和耐心让玛蒂尔达如沐春风。聪明的玛蒂尔达发现汉尼小姐似乎有着一些无法结局但又说不出口的难处，她决定用自己的力量帮助汉尼小姐。

一名女特工违反了将美国总统从暗杀企图中解救出来的规定。她被调职保护总统的女儿，她认为这是一种降职。当第一女儿在一次徒步旅行中被绑架时，特工和一个河流向导去营救她。

影片讲述了前CIA成员因为手握重要情报，遭到了各方势力的追杀的故事。

Theo Abrams is an ex-Cape Town fireman suffering from severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Unable to return to work due to the psychological trauma sustained during a failed rescue mission, an increasingly frustrated and volatile Theo's world is rocked when one morning, he wakes up next to his wife's murdered corpse with no recollection of what transpired and all evidence suggesting that he's killed her. When the police label him as the prime suspect, Theo goes on the run, and is soon being hunted by Deputy Chief of Police, Alan Shard, a notoriously ruthless soldier of the law, who is hell-bent on catching Theo as one last act of service before he officially retires. However, when an unknown third party is thrown into the mix, Theo discovers an alarming connection between the sinister forces hunting him in an attempt to silence him permanently for a reason he can't comprehend; and a recent investigation his wife was conducting into a global armament contractor. When connecting the dots becomes a matter of life and death, Theo becomes embroiled in a desperate fight for survival and must figure out who really murdered his wife before a terrifying conspiracy changes the course of a nation forever.

A typical weekend down the shore takes a bizarre turn into the mysterious New Jersey Pine Barrens as six girls and five obnoxious fist-pumpers become the unsuspecting targets of a mentally-deranged killer.