Late one night, a mysterious car is brought into the Chicago police impound garage after a deadly traffic accident. The on-call mechanics soon discover the car has a mind of its own. With hundreds of horsepower and two tons of reinforced steel at its command, it's a seemingly unstoppable killing machine capable of outrunning -- and outwitting -- humans.

弗兰克是一名抢劫犯。他从监狱越狱，只为追捕从前同监的狱友，因为他的妻女遭到该狱友陷害，并将连环杀手的罪名嫁祸于弗兰克。一名叫做克莱尔的女警察开始追踪弗兰克，使得她也成为头号公敌。当他们追逐别人的时候，也有人跟在他们背后，究竟谁是猎物，谁又是猎人？