Erstwhile Special Forces operative Doc Alexander is asked to broker a truce with the Mexican drug cartel in secrecy. When Oklahoma Governor Richard Jeffs celebrates the execution of a high-ranking cartel member on TV, his Chief of Staff and Doc inform him about the peace he just ended. But it’s too late, as Cuco, the cartel’s hatchet man, has set his vengeful sights on Doc’s daughter Dixie. They don’t make ’em like Little Dixie anymore: honed to the bone, all gestures and actions, only a few words. Too many genre films these days try to create meaning by piling ideas and intentions on their narrative frames. John Swab, as always, works the other way around. Meaning and depth come from taking away whatever is superfluous – by reducing the plot to its bare essence and the characters to their core trades and tricks. Ultimately, Little Dixie feels like the pulp fiction version of a Giacometti sculpture, all fearful symmetries and mirror images. A gem of crime cinema at its purest and most philosophical, proudly featuring noir’s new darling, Frank Grillo.
曾经的萨姆（布鲁斯·坎贝尔 Bruce Campbell 饰）是一位精明强干，经验丰富的特种兵指挥官，受上司所托，他带领部下们来到了位于哥伦比亚的军事哨所，对当地的恐怖分子行动进行监视和跟踪报道。萨姆需要判断当地的反政府武装分子是否涉及恐怖袭击活动，若涉及，他就必须向上级汇报，以便上级采取进一步的武装干涉行动。 某日，萨姆在意外中得知一群武装分子将目标放在了一间小型诊所之上，正义感的驱使下，他决定前往彼处，拯救在那里生活的无辜民众。让萨姆没有想到的是，他的这一举动不仅为自己带来了危险和麻烦，还让自己被卷入了一宗错综复杂的阴谋之中。
影片围绕间谍小说作家叶利·康韦（布莱丝·达拉斯·霍华德 Bryce Dallas Howard 饰）的作品展开。叶利的小说讲述神秘特工阿盖尔（亨利·卡维尔 Henry Cavill 饰）及其瓦解全球间谍集团的任务，而小说中的情节却意外开始与真实间谍组织的秘密行动出现惊人 的一致。在特工艾登（山姆·洛克威尔 Sam Rockwell 饰）的陪同下，叶利带着猫咪阿尔菲（Chip 饰）穿越世界，竭力赶在间谍组织的杀手们行动之前化解危机，此时小说的虚构世界与现实之间的界限开始变得模糊不清。随之而来的是一场跨越全球的冒险。
