大塊頭有大智慧，這僅僅適合形容席恩（范·迪塞爾 Vin Diesel飾）的海軍特種部隊生涯。他曾經(jīng)無比神勇，無所不能，是個忠實威猛的軍人。但現(xiàn)在，席恩卻接到一個令他大為頭痛的任務：照顧五個年齡跨度從嬰兒期到青春期的孩子，保護他們免受歹徒襲擊。于是，席恩皺著眉頭開始了他的非常任務。這是另一個沒有槍火的戰(zhàn)場，席恩必須和五個孩子“周旋斗爭”，一邊害怕叛逆期的男孩行為出軌，一邊擔心大吵大哭的嬰兒餓了肚子濕了尿布。這個錚錚硬漢，在孩子面前常常束手無策，幸好也慢慢從亂七八糟的狀況中理出個頭緒來，還威風凜凜地當上了孩子舞臺劇的導演呢。眼看孩子照顧得漸入佳境，歹徒的腳步聲卻越來越近了…

Abel去調查當?shù)匾婚g‘高檔’學校里一個男孩的死亡事件, 他尸體在河上被發(fā)現(xiàn)。學校高層恐懼會引起丑聞，堅持這只是一宗普通的自殺案。但Abel從男孩的女友處得知,他常常被人家欺負, Abel 懷疑一個危險的學生入會儀式搞砸了，于是他秘密地請求一位有同情心的老師Betsy來幫忙?？葾bel的上司警告他別再調查下去, 因為學校贊助警察慈善資金不少款項。Abel, 不能就此罷手, 不僅因為幾年前他的兄弟自殺了, 而且男孩的鬼魂好像給他們留下了線索，解釋當晚到底發(fā)生了什么事情。

　　A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
　　What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.