陆军某部的一位连长，正面临着继续留在部队还是转业到地方的抉择，对部队的感情和对现实认知的内心冲突让他一直无法做出决定。这天他执行物资运输任务，没想到车辆在荒无人烟的地方出现故障无法修复，他和驾驶员只好在原地等待基地救援。此时，一位20来岁的年轻人正在青藏线上骑行，他对生活和工作不满，为了引起大家的注意，展现自我，更是为了寻找自我，他选择独自骑行青藏线。他们二人在意外中相遇，随后发生的故事，诠释了英雄、传承了信仰……
"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.
玩特技摩托的男主角科朗奇·卡尔霍恩（库尔特·拉塞尔 Kurt Russell 饰）曾经是个艺术品窃贼，如今也算金盆洗手改过自新。然而在不靠谱老弟尼基·卡尔霍恩（马特·狄龙 Matt Dillon 饰）的怂恿和丰厚利益的诱惑下，打算再干一单大的艺术品盗窃案。科朗奇找回以前的队伍，去偷取一本价值连城的古书。正当一切部署妥当，要开始实施计划的时候，尼基提出了一个更冒险大胆的计划方案。然而两兄弟的如意算盘却并非一帆风顺，他们并不知道，这个团队的每一个人也都为自己盘算着，两人先前的谋划日程也都泡汤了。科朗奇的“收官之作”，又能否顺利进行，盗窃成功呢？
