故事发生在堪萨斯州的一个小城里，当地的一名专替黑帮打官司的律师查理（约翰•库萨克 John Cusack 饰）平时运气平平，圣诞前夜却交了天大的好运。他和律师楼的拍档维克（比利•鲍伯•松顿 Billy Bob Thornton 饰）从当地黑帮老大比尔（兰迪•奎德 Randy Quaid 饰）那里弄到整整两百万美金！两人打算在圣诞节那天就携款远走高飞，查理还打算带上自己的红颜知己雷纳塔（康妮•尼尔森 Connie Nielsen 饰）一起。两人的美梦却在圣诞节当天被一场暴风雪击得粉碎。因为暴风雪的原因，当地的交通完全瘫痪，所有人都被困在了这个小城镇。眼看着比尔派来的杀手在步步逼近，警察也在追寻他们，查理和维克怎样度过这个风雪圣诞夜？
After the death of her sister, a woman is visited by a man looking to solve a series of murders by a motorcycle maniac. As their shared fear grows, the killer's rampage continues, leaving them both questioning who the real monster is.
river’s Ed centers on a group of teens who steal their school’s driver’s ed car to go on a road trip to help a high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.
