位于亚利桑那州的平静小镇山默顿，曾在洛杉矶缉毒组供职的警长雷·欧文斯（阿诺·施瓦辛格 Arnold Schwarzenegger 饰）尽职尽责维护当地的治安。这一日，数名不速之客造访小镇，更有一名农夫遭人谋杀。与此同时，在另一边的拉斯维加斯，FBI探员约翰·班尼斯特（福里斯特·惠特克 Forest Whitaker 饰）正在押运臭名昭著的大毒枭加布里尔·科尔特兹（爱德华多·诺列加 Eduardo Noriega 饰）。谁知科尔特兹半路被人救出，其本人在劫持一名女探员后驾驶经过改装的跑车飞速逃离，趁夜朝着位于墨西哥边境的山默顿逼近。 小镇的宁静生活被彻底打破，欧文斯警长即将经历充满枪火与杀戮的混乱一天……
Robbins is sentenced to prison for the assassination of his general officer, a prison you leave only when you die. Since nobody ever leaves the prison, nobody knows what the prison is like. The prison manager realizes this and buys himself an island playground called "Absolom," where the worst prisoners are free to create an isolated barbaric society, and where the strongest men rule...a living hell. Robbins is sent to Absolom after he almost kills the prison manager.
