博士查理(大卫•休默 David Schwimmer 饰)最近遇到了麻烦。不仅丢掉了大学里的工作,自己写的书也出版无望。为了不成为家里的负担,查理找到了份电话销售的工作,在那里认识了自来熟的同事加斯(西蒙•佩吉 Simon Pegg 饰)。加斯告诉了查理他的计划,即敲诈一位经常浏览色情网站的牧师。为了让家人过上富足的生活,查理答应加入,再加上加斯一夜情的女友朱茜(爱丽丝•伊芙 Alice Eve 饰),三人开始了这个计划。 看似简单的计划,却弄巧成拙的愈发偏离最初的目的。越来越多的人被卷进其中,事情越弄越大。而且,糟糕的是,查理发现加斯和朱茜的背后似乎掩藏着不可告人的秘密,危险也在逐步逼近查理,究竟结局会怎样……Charlie is an ex-teacher turned reluctant call center employee who gets fired on the first day. Distraught at being unable to provide for his daughter Emily and wife, Penelope, he is suddenly contacted by Gus, an aspiring scam artist who presents Charlie with a seemingly snag-free plan to make some cash: Blackmail Reverend Smalls, a man of the cloth, who's frequently turned up in the company database of visitors to illegal porn sites. Gus plans to extort Reverend Smalls, with the intention of publicly exposing his secret shame should he refuse, thus potentially destroying the man's career. Normally cautious, Charlie is keen on participating in this scam, confident that the money maker he'll garner from the scam will finally help turn things around for him and his family. Joined by one-time teenage pageant queen Josie McBroom, Gus's ex, the plan goes ahead...but it all goes wrong as Reverend Smalls dies...thanks to this trio, with this only being the start of their troubles.
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