Middle-aged Max and Sara meet and fall for each other in Palm Springs, but their love story is cut short due to a sudden zombie outbreak. Max is not as mild-mannered as he appears, and has a history involving government-sanctioned hits, but one zombie he isn't able to kill is his darling Sara.
平凡的一天，名叫扎克利和伊森的小男孩在某公园内发生争执，前者用棍子将后者的嘴打破。这起不大不小的儿童纠纷，将两对本没有任何交集的夫妇拉到了一起。经营小百货商店的麦克·朗斯特里特（约翰·C·赖利 John C Reilly 饰）与身为作家的潘妮洛普（朱迪·福斯特 Jodie Foster 饰）是伊森的父母，他们在家中迎来扎克利的父母——律师艾伦·考温（克里斯托弗·沃尔兹 Christoph Waltz 饰）以及投资经纪人南希（凯特·温斯莱特 KateWinslet 饰）——的拜访。他们就孩子的伤害事件协商、
