影片讲述英国首相丘吉尔在作为首相期间面临的最重要的审判：是向纳粹妥协做俘虏，还是团结人民群起反抗？丘吉尔将集结整个国家为自由奋战，试图改变世界历史进程，度过黎明前的黑暗。

　　“Hacks” explores a difficult mentorship between Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), an old-school Las Vegas comedian whose material is a bit passé, and the entitled, but ambitious 25-year-old writer (Hannah Einbinder) she hires to make her act…

　　A seemingly friendly dinner party erupts into a night of violence and terror at a lush Hollywood estate.

通过闪回和闪前，讲述了青春不再的电影导演Alice(AyeletZurer)，对年轻编剧Sophie(LihiKornowski)日益痴迷。后者黑暗而令人不安的剧本，似乎并不只是虚构故事那么简单。