本片是以美国“911”事件为背景的灾难片，故事重现了当时那场突如其来的灾难。9月11日的一个美妙清晨，消防总署突然警铃大作，接到世贸中心遭到恐怖袭击而倒塌的消息后，消防警员约翰·迈克洛林（尼古拉斯·凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰）和同事们立即整装赶赴现场，摆在他们眼前的是一幅幅惨绝人寰的画面，坍塌的大厦冒着浓烟，受伤的人们在痛苦地呻吟。为了营救被困在世贸中心里面的人，约翰不顾残楼摇摇欲坠的危险，带着队友冲进了大楼中，然而他们还来不及展开动作，就被二次倒塌的残楼压住了。当约翰在碎石中醒过来时，发现昔日并肩作战的同伴全部殉职，只有一位叫威尔·吉米诺（迈克尔·佩纳 Michael Pena 饰）的警员还幸存着。他们在地狱般的废墟中等待着救援队，面对着渐渐稀少的氧气和随时可能降临的死亡，恐惧、彷徨、伤心、绝望从四面八方缓缓袭来，营救与自救在惊心动魄的24小时内同时展开了……
Charles Augustus Howell was John Ruskin's secretary, agent and model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and exhumer of Lizzie Siddal. But he is also said to have been a master blackmailer and a forger of works of art.
A fictional village confronts a bizarre dilemma when their cemetery runs out of burial space, leading to uproarious situations as the townspeople unite to find creative solutions.
This 7-year series chronicled the adventures of the Impossible Mission Taskforce (IMF), a team of government spies and specialists who were assigned "impossible missions" by the unseen "Secretary". Although the cast varied over the years, the main characters included The Team Leader (Dan Briggs the first season, then Jim Phelps the other six), The Techno-Wizard (Barney Collier), The Strongman (Willy Armitage), The Master of Disguise (first Rollin Hand, then The Amazing Paris), and The Femme Fatale (Cinnamon Carter, Casey, Dana Lambert, Mimi Davis).
The series is best known for its opening mission assignment (conducted by a pre-recorded tape), the theme composed by Lalo Schifrin, the leader's selection of mission agents from a dossier, the opening briefing, the intricate use of disguises and a typical "mask pulloff" scene near the end of most episodes, and the relative lack of characterization of the characters.
Jim Phelps is the new leader of the Impossible Missions Force, with no explanation, or even reference made, about the departure of predecessor Dan Briggs. First up for Phelps is a mission involving the drug trade. Cresnik and Walters have cornered the heroin market and sell it at a handsome profit to gangs around the world. Phelps devises an operation which will drive a wedge between the heroin dealers and their customers.
