After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

伊莉莎伯班絲飾演的美瑾，生平最大夢想是成為一名新聞主播，不料一夜風流後卻迎來巨大危機 – 電視台願意給她面試機會，但限她8小時內到達，她醒來卻發現自己被困洛杉磯市區，一個小意外，導致她身上無錢、無電話、連身份證亦都消失，求救無法的她，只好展開８小時的驚險之旅，究竟最終她能否在8個鐘之內，趕去面試一份可以扭轉命運的工作？

Set in New York City in the 1990s, community activists seek to rid their neighborhood of the anguish, brutality, and violence associated with local drug dealers.