大盗哈里（连姆·尼森 Liam Neeson 饰）和其同伴在一场抢劫行动中不幸身亡，赃款下落不明。他的妻子维罗妮卡（维奥拉·戴维斯 Viola Davis 饰）不仅要承受丧夫之痛，还要警惕来自当地的黑帮兄弟贾马尔（布莱恩·泰里·亨利 Brian Tyree Henry 饰）和杰特米（丹尼尔·卡卢亚 Daniel Kaluuya 饰）的死亡威胁，他们想要得到那笔赃款。 实际上，维罗妮卡拥有一项秘密武器，那就是哈里的秘密笔记，他将自己的所有抢劫计划非常详细的记录了下来，其中还包括他的下一个行动计划。维罗妮卡藏起了笔记，找到了哈里同伴的妻子琳达（米歇尔·罗德里格兹 Michelle Rodriguez 饰）和爱丽丝（伊丽莎白·德比齐 Elizabeth Debicki 饰），三个女人决定靠着笔记为自己搞一大笔钱。
On the border between United States and Mexico, once every 20 years, there are days that locals call timelessness. At this time the gods, to whom the ancient Mayan tribes made sacrifices, descend to earth to take human souls.
Ray is in the boutique simulated abduction business. It's an understandably threadbare market, so he jumps at the chance when a mysterious call contracts him for a weekend kidnapping with a handsome payday at the end. But the job isn't all that it seems.