When FBI Agent Zack Stewart is killed, Agent John Ripley takes over the three cases he was working on, hoping one will lead to his killer. The first involves gangster Joe Walpo and Ripley finds his hideout through Joe's girl friend, Connie Anderson. Joe is killed but it is established he was 400 miles away when Stewart was murdered. The next involves a car-theft gang which Ripley breaks up by using one of the gang, Vince Angelino and his wife Julie. The last case involves Kate Martell, the victim of an extortionist who threatens to kidnap her child unless she pays him $10,000
克里斯蒂安·沃尔夫（本·阿弗莱克 Ben Affleck 饰）具有破解复杂难题的天赋。当一位旧识惨遭谋杀，并留下一条“去找会计师”的神秘讯息后，沃尔夫不得不开始追查此案。当他发现得用更极端手段时，沃尔夫找了他久未连络、同时是名顶尖杀手的弟弟布莱斯顿（乔·博恩瑟 Jon Bernthal 饰）合作。兄弟俩与美国财政部副局长玛莉贝丝·麦迪纳（辛希亚·阿戴-罗宾森 Cynthia Addai-Robinson 饰）联手，一起揭露这桩致命阴谋，却让他们成为冷血杀手集团的目标，这群杀手无所不用其极也要掩盖秘密。
