乔伊（詹妮弗·劳伦斯 Jennifer Lawrence 饰）是一名独自抚养两个孩子的单身母亲，虽然她和丈夫托尼（埃德加·拉米雷兹 Edgar Ramirez 饰）已经离了婚，但这个穷困潦倒的男人还常常需要前妻的经济支持。不仅如此，乔伊还要照顾自己每天都瘫坐在电视机前的 母亲和生性风流四处沾花惹草的父亲，她所承担的压力可想而知。

A DEA agent with PTSD returns home after a botched mission and must now protect his family from a home invasion after a recently freed convict and his henchmen come after their stash of millions inside of the agent's home.