影片改编自理查德·奥斯曼的同名畅销小说，描述四位闲不下来的退休人士认真推敲谋杀悬案解闷，却碰上了真正的命案，侦探游戏突然变成惊悚现实，而他们还得找出凶手是谁。

　　因神秘塔罗牌的指引，那群用魔术“替天行盗”的骑士们杀回来了！“初代四骑士”与三位新生代魔术师携手，目标直指一位钻石大亨——其家族凭借庞大资本与隐秘势力，构建了全球性犯罪网络，也为骑士团布下层层陷阱！面对史上最难的“盗窃任务”，骑士们再现奇迹，上演横跨全球的魔术大秀，与“血色钻石家族”展开骗中骗、局中局、计中计的巅峰博弈……

　　Nathan Carman, a young man who, after a fishing trip with his mother Linda off the coast of New England, survives a week on a life raft while she is lost at sea. The sensational incident renews interest in the unsolved murder of Carman's wealthy grandfather years earlier, spurring a media frenzy, a war over a vast family fortune, multiple investigations and ultimately federal charges against Carman for murder on the high seas. With unprecedented access to family, friends and investigators, the film is a nautical thriller that explores intimate human mysteries about family, greed, perception, mental health and the unpredictable mind of an enigmatic young man.

　　Eckhart plays an Oklahoma Stock Detective in over his head in the Breaking Bad world of modern cattle rustling.

　　当有权有势的音乐大亨（丹泽尔·华盛顿 饰）成为被勒索的对象，他被迫维护自己的家庭与丰功伟业，同时面对攸关生死的道德难题。
　　影片改编自黑泽明同名经典电影，原著是爱德华·伯恩斯的小说《King's Ransom》。