暑假刚刚开始，14岁的男孩沃尔特（海利·乔·奥斯蒙 Haley Joel Osment 饰）就在百般的不情愿中被母亲玫（凯拉·塞吉维克 Kyra Sedgwick 饰）打发到了位于乡下的两个伯父家，他们分别是贾斯（迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰）和哈勃（罗伯特·杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰）。
初来乍到的沃尔特十分不习惯乡下的生活，对于两个个性古怪的伯父，他更是敬而远之。一张神秘的照片的出现拉近了沃尔特和伯父们的关系，追寻着照片里的线索，伯父们向沃尔特讲述起了他们当年的故事
The son of an African-American Judge is killed by police officers on the day he was set to begin law enforcement academy. When the courts clear the officers of wrongdoing, the Judge must decide whether the courts are the only arbitrators of justice.
A stately home robbery takes an evil turn one night when a gang of young thieves are caught by the owners of the house and then hunted across the estate for the proprietor's entertainment
