At the start of his senior year in high school, Morgan's father has lost his company, so the family moves from Connecticut, where they've been in the yacht club, to an apartment in the San Fernando Valley. Morgan has grown up in the shadow of his high-achieving older brother, and he seems to have a knack for getting into trouble. He also has a stubborn streak, so when he finds himself attracted to Frankie, the girlfriend of the leader of a local gang of youthful thugs, he can't stop himself from pushing her for a relationship. The thug thinks of Frankie as his property and sees the cool, urbane Morgan as dead meat. Is this a struggle to the death?
二战末期,溃败的德军为了扭转局势,竟然找来了一个邪恶的巫师,企图利用他召唤出地狱男爵,打败盟军。幸亏盟军的突击队在他们进行仪式时及时赶到,顺利挫败了他们的阴谋,但这时候地狱男爵——1个婴儿已经被召唤出来了,盟军见此只好收养了他。教授布鲁姆(约翰•赫特 John Hurt 饰)是地狱男爵(朗•普尔曼 Ron Perlman 饰)的养父,他用自己的善良循循教导着男爵,男爵则利用自己刀枪不入的身体和通天本领为美国政府完成了多项特种任务。然而,阴暗邪恶的本性还是一直潜藏在男爵的心底,最终人类的善良能否战胜来自地狱的邪恶?
Set against the backdrop of Trinidad and Tobago's mystical Carnival, a gifted and struggling young man becomes the object of intrigue for an older, well-meaning businessman until their worlds collide.