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　　George is the scapegoat of his classmates. One day he cracks and shoots them. His best and only friend Blaise is accused in his place and sentenced to 7 years in a psychiatric hospital. At the day of his release, Blaise realizes he only has one family: his best friend George. But he does not want to hear about his childhood friend, as he tries to integrate with the "Chivers" a gang whose members wear red jackets and boots, drink milk, drive sport trucks and play an incomprehensible and violent game that mixes cricket and mental arithmetic.

　　兩個蒙面人在街上綁架了一個女人并向其索要贖金，他們將她綁了起來并且堵住了她的嘴巴，但這個女人憑借自己有限的力量破壞了綁匪精心策劃的計劃。

　　暑假來臨，大學新生劉易斯·托馬斯（保羅·沃克爾 Paul Walker 飾）決定穿州過省，前往新澤西去看望他自高中時代便喜歡的女孩維娜·威爾柯斯（Leelee Sobieski 飾）。為了打發旅途上的無聊時光，他將正因酒后駕車蹲局子的老哥富勒（史蒂夫·贊恩 Steve Zahn 飾）保釋出來，兄弟倆一路通行。　　旅途中，富勒買了一部車載對講機，與其他的司機扯皮聊天。期間他們搭上一個綽號“銹釘”的卡車司機，富勒突發奇想，慫恿弟弟假扮女人用對講機勾引銹釘。對他們來說，這似乎是旅途中一個無傷大雅、轉眼就忘的玩笑。沒想到他們卻惹上了這個難纏和恐怖的家伙。在接下來的時間里，銹釘成為劉易斯、富勒和維娜難以擺脫的噩夢……