A boy and his friends seek to join a mid-atlantic gang led by the boy's estranged father, unaware that his father's ruthlessness takes no account of family ties.
七十年代的海湾城警局里,有一位敬业又略显癫狂的警探大卫•斯塔斯基(本•斯蒂勒 Ben Stiller 饰),大卫作风强硬,哪怕再小的案件他也要不计代价抓捕罪犯。而卧底探员肯•哈金森(欧文•威尔逊 Owen Wilson 饰)则几乎完全相反,肯时常装做匪徒打劫,之后借卧底身份溜之大吉。因大卫失去了搭档,上峰将他和肯硬撮合到了一起。