表面看来，杰奇（帕姆·格里尔 Pam Grier 饰）是一名普通的空姐，然而，在暗地里，她一直利用职务之便，帮助军火商奥德尔（塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰）运送赃款，并从中获取暴利。一次意外中，杰奇的“生意”曝光了，她本人亦遭到了逮捕。得知此事，奥德尔派出了马克斯（罗伯特·福斯特 Robert Forster 饰），想要杀人灭口。
让奥德尔没有想到的是，马克斯竟然疯狂的爱上了杰奇，两人一拍即合，策划了一场阴谋将奥德尔耍得团团转，甚至派出了心腹梅兰妮（布里吉特·芳达 Bridget Fonda 饰）和路易斯（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）助其一臂之力。然而，当奥德尔发现自己受骗之时，他才发现，事态的发展早已经脱离了他的掌控。
A true story of a family and town's effort to save a beloved and heroic dog named Semper Fi. The father, a Captain in the US Marines and his homemaker wife, contend with the not so earth shattering problems of their twin, fifteen year old daughter and son as well as the antics of their precocious six year old daughter. Their lives tumble along, as most families do, until they must face the grave diagnosis of their faithfully and very loved Golden Retriever, Semper Fi. The family cannot afford the expensive surgery the dog needs. The children jump into action with a plan, spear headed by the fifteen year old daughter. They plan a community yard sale, donating all of their most prized possessions. The family's grumpy neighbor plays an unlikely and unexpected part in the ultimate success of the fund raising. Before Semper goes in for his surgery, he displays a heroic act that almost ends his life. The story unfolds during the holiday season.
山姆（凯文·克莱恩 Kevin Kline 饰）和妻子结婚多年，两人感情十分要好，然而，腿脚的不便削减了山姆本该享受的快乐，再加上一个负能量爆棚的邻居，山姆觉得人生似乎失去了乐趣。阿尔奇（摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰）和儿子相依为命，可是，性格过于严厉的儿子令阿尔奇感到透不过气。派迪（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）刚刚失去了挚爱的妻子，这让他的生活瞬间陷入了一片空洞和苍白之中。比利（迈克尔·道格拉斯 Michael Douglas 饰）正在着手准备他和年轻妻子的婚礼，这几乎成为了他生活的全部。
四个人至暮年的老人，四位患难与共的好友，当他们重新聚集到一起，决定最后疯狂一把去拉斯维加斯参加单身派对之时，会有怎样有趣的故事发生呢？
