罗杰(克里斯托弗·沃肯 Christopher Walken 饰),查尔斯(摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰)和乔治(威廉姆·H·梅西 William H. Macy 饰)是三个共事多年的同事兼好友,三人均供职于一家历史悠久的博物馆。在漫长的岁月里,三个伙伴对馆里朝夕相伴的藏品产生了深厚的感情,没想到,新上任的老板居然想要将现有的藏品全部转移。于是,三个老伙计一拍即合,决定要将被送走的文物偷回来。 经过一番缜密的策划,三人开始了他们的行动。可现实并没有他们所计划的那么顺利,各种各样的意外让三人手忙脚乱,好在大多数都是有惊无险。他们的计划是否会被发现呢?行动又是否最终能以成功告终?Three middle-age guards learn that their museum has sold a wing of art to a Danish museum. Each has a favorite in that collection, and none can imagine life without the peace and completion it brings. Though mere acquaintances, they plot a theft of the three pieces between the time they are packed and the time they're loaded onto a plane. First each must obtain a forgery; then, they have to smuggle the forgeries into the museum and find a way to make the switches. The heist is complicated by Roger's intrusive wife - he's promised her a trip to Florida for their anniversary - and George's proclivity for taking his clothes off when standing in front of the warrior statue he loves.