洛杉矶接连发生9起绑架案，被绑架者来自各行各业，有神父（马克·麦克雷 Marc Macaulay 饰）、检察官（梅丽莎·乔·哈特 Melissa Joan Hart 饰）、演员还有俱乐部老板，彼此间似乎没有任何关联，而绑架案却都由一人所为，一个戴着蓝色面具、一身黑衣的男子。此案惊动洛城，警方全员出动，却始终找不到任何头绪。与此同时，在城市某各个角落黑暗潮湿的地下室内，9个被绑架者迎来了人生中最为痛苦难熬的时刻。蒙面人要求他们思考被绑架的原因，然后每个10分钟便杀掉一人，直到他们找到原因为止。
人质们激烈争论，相互攻讦，抑或检讨人生中所犯下的错误。时间一分一秒地流逝，死神的判决越来越近……

After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

The zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.