查克（山姆·洛克威尔 Sam Rockwell 饰）是一个百无一用但脑袋里塞满了奇思妙想的年轻人，机缘巧合之中，他竟然成为了红得发紫的综艺节目制作人。吉姆（乔治·克鲁尼 George Clooney 饰）身为中央情报局的一员，看重的就是查克的身份和名气，他找到了查克，希望查克能够替他执行一项危险而又重要的暗杀计划，查克答应了吉姆的请求。...
In 1943, revolutionary inventor Nikola Tesla died penniless in the New Yorker Hotel. Within 24 hours the U.S. government seized everything in his room. But one design was already missing. Seventy years later in Buffalo, NY, a brilliant young engineer has found it. And the only person she can trust is a low-rent detective with a pack-a-day habit....
