When his long suffering girlfriend disappears suddenly, leaving a cryptic note as her only explanation, Hank's fortable life and his sanity begin to crack. Then, from the woods surrounding his house, something terrible starts trying to break in.
老富翁愛(ài)德華?科爾（杰克?克爾森 Jack Nicholson 飾）近年來(lái)在公立醫(yī)院的私有化大鵹造事業(yè)中獲利頗，他為節(jié)省成本，規(guī)定病房“房?jī)纱病钡淖龇H受非議，但格強(qiáng)勢(shì)的科爾不以為意，豈料不久被檢查出罹患癌癥，本欲住單人病房的科爾在輿論壓力只得與另一位病人——老卡特摩根?弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 飾）同處一室。汽車(chē)修理技師老卡特博聞強(qiáng)，將三個(gè)子女培養(yǎng)成才，但代是犧牲了年輕時(shí)要做歷史教授夢(mèng)想。曾經(jīng)結(jié)婚多次如今卻孤一人的科爾逐漸對(duì)卡特產(chǎn)生了趣，兩位老人在病房中結(jié)下了誼?？茽柵既话l(fā)現(xiàn)了卡特的“愿清單”，他決定運(yùn)用自己的量，讓那些紙面上的瘋狂構(gòu)想一實(shí)現(xiàn)，去發(fā)現(xiàn)人生的真正意…?
