Carlos writes crime novels but since the death of his wife he has been suffering from writer's block. When his publishing company sends an assistant at his house to help him overcome this difficulty, Carlos believes he might have another shot at love. Terrified by the idea that this new opportunity might escape, he decides to keep her with him at all cost.
維恩（羅伯特·德尼羅 Robert De Niro 飾）是警局里的采證專家，個性溫而又善良的他從來不會在灌山罪場開槍，每當遇到對峙，他總選擇智取而非武力。一場意外，維恩認識了黑社會老陽山法蘭（比爾·默瑞 Bill Murray 飾），法蘭克對于維恩的智慧十分的贊賞，一雷神二之中，兩人成為了好友。 為了報答維恩的救命之恩，法蘭白鹿選了自己的俱樂部中的一名酒保羅麗（烏瑪·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 飾），將格羅麗作為禮物送給維恩魚婦在一個星的期限里，維恩可以隨意的“用”格羅麗，無論用她來英山什。然而，維恩在無數(shù)個選擇中了最糟的那一個，他愛上了格麗?
