故事发生在位于地中海沿岸一个偏远的废墟中，疯癫癫的女艺术家卢斯（埃琳娜·勒文松 Elina Lwensohn 饰）长居于此，过着与世隔绝的生活。近一段时间，作家马特·贝尼埃也来到废墟，时不时和卢斯开起晒尸体派对。艳阳高照，百无聊赖。这一天，四个劫匪劫持了250公斤黄金，他们非别是首领里诺、胖子、阿莱克斯以及律师布里索尔格耶。他们驱车狂奔，结果半路上搭在了名叫梅拉妮的女子及其家人。梅拉妮是贝尼埃的妻子，两人正闹离婚，于是她带着保姆和孩子千里迢迢来寻找同床异梦的丈夫。到了废墟，抢劫团伙中有人试图独占黄金，而就在此时，两名巡警也来到了这里。
枪战遽然发生，一切朝着不可预测的方向发展……
A desert road in the middle of nowhere. In the fog, an American car hits a bike rider. Then, a hitch- hiker appears. But what did he see, exactly The doubt grows. And the Hitch-hiker stays close to them during their trip. During their stay. And then inside their lives too.
An intense and solitary teenager, Paul finds himself caught up in a journey for freedom, full of violence, betrayal and hope. Abandoned by his father, torn between his mother, with whom he maintains a tender if tormented relationship, and his punk friends, with whom he hangs out at concerts, parties and street fights, he lives fully in the present. At a concert, Paul meets Loui...
影片以1993年在巴黎18区发生的一起警察暴力的真实事件为背景：一名警察在巡逻期间枪杀了一名17岁的扎伊尔少年Makomé M'Bowolé。而在影片当中，巴黎街头，一群反**青年。纠纷由其中一人被警察殴打重伤而起，众人怀恨在心。文兹（文森特·卡塞尔 Vincent Cassel饰）弄到一把真枪，决心还以颜色。他们的仇恨与愤怒随处可见，这场与警察之间的大规模冲突，一触即发。混战中，文兹被警察开枪打死，他的同党也颤抖着对准了警察的头，枪声响起……无论是警察还是街头混混，每个人都失去了控制。这青春期里的不安与躁动，就像失控的怒火一般，无人幸免。 导演马修·卡索维茨荣获第48届戛纳电影节(1995)主竞赛单元最佳导演奖。
