一群来自世界各地的赛车手，参加一场由美国东岸横跨至西岸的非法赛车，各选手勾心斗角力求得胜。因其中有反对此项赛车的人掳走政客助理为人质，导致警方追查，全体选手乃合力突破警方路障。

　　Myron Breckinridge is waiting for his sex-change operation while a stoned surgeon stumbles into the operating room. Before the drugged doctor begins Myron's operation, he counsels him. Myron persists and the doctor goes through with it. An enthusiastic audience observing the operation applauds the medical achievement and rises in a standing ovation. After the operation, Myron arrives in Hollywood as Myra while in the rest of the film Myron pops up from time to time as Myra's alter ego. Myra goes to an acting academy owned by her uncle, Buck Loner, a former cowboy star. The real reason for Myra's arrival is to claim her half of Uncle Buck's estate, which she says she's entitled to. Buck Loner stalls by giving her a job teaching the history of motion pictures. Buck Loner has several friends. One of them is Letitia Van Allen, an ancient Hollywood talent scout. The sex-starved septuagenarian runs an acting agency "for leading men only."

　　杰（沃伦·比蒂 Warren Beatty 饰）是一名参议员，在竞选遭遇连连失败之后，对自己的政治生涯和人生同时失去了希望的杰决定自杀。但是他不能白死，杰为自己买了高额的保险，受益人是自己的家人，活着的时候杰是个无用的男人，他希望他的死至少能够给家人带来经济上的补偿。　　之后，杰雇佣了一名职业杀手来暗杀自己，在临死之前，杰决定进行最后一次演讲，这一次，他抛弃了所有的礼节和教规，天马行空畅所欲言，没想到，他的发言深深的震撼了台下的观众，观众们给与了他热烈的掌声和巨大的肯定。杰还因此结识了名为妮娜（哈莉·贝瑞 Halle Berry 饰）的女子，渐渐地，杰对生活重拾了信心，可是此时，来杀他的杀手已经上路了。