美国德州青年基斯（马特·狄龙 饰）一直以为自已的父亲伟达（吉恩·哈克曼 饰）是个不起眼的平凡老头子。但随着母亲在巴黎的旅程中神秘失踪后， 基斯发现父亲竟是前CIA高层，而母亲的失踪亦被怀疑与CIA有关。在寻找母亲的同时，基斯与伟达更不自觉地卷入一个危险的惊人阴谋中……Chris Lloyd does NOT get along with his father Walter. Walter is too careful, cautious, and boring to Chris, and never tries anything new, and Chris had to live by the same standards when he was growing up. But when his mother is kidnapped while in Europe, to Chris's confusion, Walter suddenly turns into a man of action. Just who is his father anyway.
