An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. These are unique stories about the joys and tribulations of love, each inspired by true events.

纽约附近城岛的监狱看守文斯（安迪·加西亚 Andy Garcia 饰）瞒着老婆乔伊斯（朱丽安娜· 玛格丽丝 Julianna Margulies 饰）到城里上表演课，梦想成为一名演员。乔伊斯瞒着文斯抽烟，女儿和儿子也都有自己的大小秘密，一家人各自为政。有一天文斯发现新转来的犯人汤尼（史蒂文·斯崔特 Steven Strait 饰）竟是自己遗弃二十多年的儿子。文斯把汤尼带回了家，向所有人隐瞒了事实，希望能利用假释好好照顾这个儿子，让他重返正途。与此同时，在表演课同学莫莉（艾米莉·莫迪默 Emily Mortimer 饰）的鼓励下，文斯参加了一次重要的电影角色面试，没想到这却引起了乔伊斯的误会，造成了家庭危机大爆发……
本片获纽约曼哈顿特里贝卡（Tribeca）电影节观众票选奖。

美国黑手党头目老普莱摩生命垂危，而此时他昔日的手下——魔术师巴迪（Jeremy Piven 饰）正与警方谈判，试图通过做污点证人来减轻自己的抢劫罪行，病床上的普莱摩下令拿到巴迪的心脏，并委托一名神秘的瑞典人处理此事。黑手党二号人物迅速发出了一百万美元的悬赏，誓要取得巴迪性命。截获此消息的警探理查德（Ryan Reynolds 饰）与唐纳德马上前往巴迪的所在地——太浩湖。与此同时，高额悬赏吸引了各路杀手，包括疯狂的纳粹三兄弟、辣妹双人组、易容杀手以及擅于刑讯的雇佣兵，三名离职警察亦同时受律师委托，带回弃保的巴迪。一时间，各路人马先后杀到巴迪潜藏的豪华酒店，将那里变成了混乱的战场……尘埃落定之后，理查德却发现了此案背后的玄机。

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.