For the sake of the family, Vyacheslav Lazarev left the big aviation. The usual routine of Lazarev and his son Kolya is disrupted by a small bear cub, huddled in the cockpit of one of the planes. Little Mansur - as Lazarev and the others called him - having escaped from poachers, becomes attached to Lazarev.
Peter Plunkett's Irish castle, turned hotel is about to be repossessed, he decides ghosts would attract more Tourists. The trouble begins when a bus load of American tourists arrive. Among them, the daughter of the man who holds the mortgage and a paranormal psychologist and his family. When the real ghosts of castle get angry and decide to take a hand in things will they all survive Halloween?
霍华德(凯文·克莱恩 Kevin Kline 饰)是一名在高中里任教的老师,一辈子勤勤恳恳的教书育人,获得了朋友和学生们的尊重。霍华德和女友艾米丽(琼·库萨克 Joan Cusack 饰)的爱情长跑终于要开花结果了,再过不久,他们就将携手步入婚姻的殿堂,许下相守一生的诺言。
一天,霍华德在艾米丽家,和他的未婚妻一起观看奥斯卡颁奖典礼,让他感到不可思议的是,影帝的殊荣竟然颁发给了他曾经的学生。深感自豪之余,这位新晋影帝的一番获奖感言却将霍华德打落谷底,在成千上万的观众面前,霍华德竟然“被出柜”了。果不其然,艾米丽大怒,霍华德跳进黄河也洗不清冤屈。
迈阿密牙医奥斯(马修•派瑞 Matthew Perry 饰)的生活并不愉快,这一切都是因为他的妻子苏菲(罗姗娜•阿奎特 Rosanna Arquette 饰)。菲比为人泼辣,十分霸道,令到奥斯整天只能忍气吞声。这天,奥斯家来了新的邻居——吉米(布鲁斯•威利斯 Bruce Willis 饰)。这个吉米不简单,他曾是芝加哥的一个黑帮杀手,因为背叛了黑帮老大查理才来此暂避风头。查理已经发出悬赏令通缉吉米。
苏菲为了赏金逼奥斯到芝加哥去告密,本来不愿去的奥斯不得已只能只身前往芝加哥。奥斯也打好了自己的如意算盘,拿到了赏金后就将苏菲甩掉。另一方面,苏菲也有自己的小九九,等奥斯拿到赏金后就雇人将他干掉。岂料意外接踵而至,吉米的老婆辛西娅(娜塔莎•亨斯屈奇 Natasha Henstridge 饰)被查理绑架了,场面变得混乱起来……