Condamné à un travail d’intérêt général, un jeune homme est intégré à une maison de retraite.
Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?
尼克（杰森·贝特曼 Jason Bateman 饰）在公司苦熬八年，起早贪黑卖命工作，老板戴夫（凯文·史派西 Kevin Spacey 饰）明明许诺他升职，却临时反悔还狠狠奚落了他一番；戴尔（查理·戴 Charlie Day 饰）是个牙医助手，早就对上司朱莉娅（詹妮弗·安妮斯顿 Jennifer Aniston 饰）放肆的性骚扰忍无可忍；科特（杰森·苏戴奇斯 Jason Sudeikis 饰）本被视为公司接班人，哪想老板突然暴毙，其子鲍比（柯林·法瑞尔 Colin Farrell 饰）擅自接手公司，得意洋洋发挥自己的二世祖精神，眼看就要把公司搞垮。三个在恶老板手下受挫的老友在酒吧聚头，突发奇想决定集体干掉老板，且三人分别避开自己老板出手，就能逃开嫌疑，成就完美谋杀。经过精心策划，三位老友各出奇招，一场笑料百出的“杀掉老板”计划就此展开……
