一位霉运连连的编剧不幸邂逅各种死于非命，而这种种情节恰巧与自己曾经撰写的剧本极为相似。在他那游手好闲的朋友Pierce（Dylan Moran饰）的鼎力相助下，他俩便依照荒诞不经的剧本情节，来处理眼前这场闹剧。
An actor hard on his luck ends up with a large number of dead bodies on his hands. Together with his hilarious friend they hatch a genius plan of treating their predicament like a film scenario and try to rewrite the day. As the body count mounts, they pitch ideas back and forth desperately searching for a way out.