本片是以美国“911”事件为背景的灾难片,故事重现了当时那场突如其来的灾难。9月11日的一个美妙清晨,消防总署突然警铃大作,接到世贸中心遭到恐怖袭击而倒塌的消息后,消防警员约翰·迈克洛林(尼古拉斯·凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰)和同事们立即整装赶赴现场,摆在他们眼前的是一幅幅惨绝人寰的画面,坍塌的大厦冒着浓烟,受伤的人们在痛苦地呻吟。为了营救被困在世贸中心里面的人,约翰不顾残楼摇摇欲坠的危险,带着队友冲进了大楼中,然而他们还来不及展开动作,就被二次倒塌的残楼压住了。当约翰在碎石中醒过来时,发现昔日并肩作战的同伴全部殉职,只有一位叫威尔·吉米诺(迈克尔·佩纳 Michael Pena 饰)的警员还幸存着。他们在地狱般的废墟中等待着救援队,面对着渐渐稀少的氧气和随时可能降临的死亡,恐惧、彷徨、伤心、绝望从四面八方缓缓袭来,营救与自救在惊心动魄的24小时内同时展开了……
金波医生(Harrison Ford 饰)的妻子在家中被人谋杀,虽然金波当晚撞见独臂凶手并与之搏斗,但是凶手终于逃走,金波本人却因种种不利证据被判定为谋杀罪。在押解前往监狱的途中,一名犯人试图逃脱造成狱车事故,金波在混乱中搭救了一名警员并趁夜色逃逸。赶到事故现场的联邦司法官山姆(Tommy Lee Jones 饰)接手此案追捕金波,山姆为人精明强干,作风强硬,更重要的是,他怀有一颗探求真相的正义之心。山姆带队与金波展开了节奏紧凑的追捕与反追捕,金波在四面无援的困境中,依靠为爱妻报仇的意念坚持了下来,并将山姆引向此案的真相。原来某大制药厂为使一种失败的新药通过审查,动用了篡改医疗报告等不法手段,不肯合作的金波于是成为了他们暗杀的对象…… 本片获1994年奥斯卡最佳男配角奖等多项褒奖。
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.