麦克（瑞凡•菲尼克斯）和斯考特（基努•里维斯）同为沦落街头的男妓，然而因为相差巨大的家庭背景，“同为天涯沦落人”的他们并非表面般“心照不宣”。 时常昏厥的麦克脑海中一直充满着有关童年的破碎片段，爱达荷的诗意田园也常常入他梦境，他一心想找回失散多年的母亲，将斯考特视为知己和爱人。斯考特本是波特兰市长的儿子，“自甘堕落”只为体会放荡青春的快感，他清楚地知道，虽然现在陪着麦克一路从波特兰到西雅图，又从爱达荷到意大利，麦克却成不了他最终的温暖归宿，他能回归的，是权势、荣华与姑娘。
Follow the story of a 16-year-old who finds he can see the whole future of a romantic relationship when he kisses a girl for the first time.
"Miss, what's that?" the kid asked the stewardess, pointing to a small crack that he noticed in celing above him. At that point, the crack widens and the entire roof of the airplane is ripped off. Based on a true story. On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines flight 243, halfway between Big Island and Maui, suddenly lost an 18-foot section of its front fuselage, due to metal fatigue. At 24,000 feet of altitude, the sudden decompression leaves room for panic in the cabin. But in the flight deck, Captain Schornstheimer and First Officer Tompkins are faced with the difficult task of safely landing the crippled, barely-controllable airliner, as the title says.
