Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

艾德（杰西·普莱蒙 Jesse Plemons 饰）是一名在肉铺工作的屠夫，深爱着身为理发师的妻子佩吉（克斯汀·邓斯特 Kirsten Dunst 饰），艾德最大的愿望，就是佩吉能为他生一个可爱的孩子，组成幸福的三人家庭，可是佩吉对此的态度却非常暧昧。 某日，佩吉驾车行驶在公路上，撞到了一名傻站在路中央的陌生男子，尽管该男子并未死亡，但佩吉还是将其锁进了后车厢，带回了家囚禁在地下室中。让佩吉没有想到的是，这个男人并不是普通人，他的身份竟然是当地最大的黑道家族格哈特家的公子哥雷（基南·卡尔金 Kieran Culkin 饰）。格哈特家正面临着前所未有的危机，小儿子雷的失踪，治安官卢（帕特里克·威尔森 Patrick Wilson 饰）的步步紧逼，一家之主奥托（迈克尔·霍根 Michael Hogan 饰）的重病，这家人宛如被绷到极致的琴弦，濒临崩溃的边缘。