在这部各怀鬼胎动作/犯罪/剧情片中,摩尔是个强盗，他有大把大把的钞票，还有年轻漂亮的妻子。看起来过得还不错！不过在一次行动中他不小心被录进了安全摄像机的磁带里，他的工作也就自此露了馅。这到还罢了，可是倒霉的事情却接踵而至。
负责给他销赃的伯格曼失信于他，将赃款独吞，而他的妻子也可能要离他而去，转投别的男人的怀抱。
摩尔发现自己已经一文不值，不仅被出卖，而且遭到勒索。摩尔无奈之余，被逼再为伯格曼干一票“最后的大买卖”。
David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected.
