超级坏蛋格鲁(史蒂夫·卡瑞尔 Steve Carell 配音)在听说埃及金字塔被盗的新闻后不满市面上新贼辈出,决定在纳法利欧博士(拉塞尔·布兰德 Russell Brand 配音)的帮助下建造火箭升空盗取月亮。在向坏蛋银行贷款的过程中,格鲁盗取的收缩射线枪被新贼维克托(杰森·席格尔 Jason Segel 配音)抢走。为了夺回收缩射线枪,格鲁决定领养三位孤儿——玛戈(米兰达·卡斯格拉夫 Miranda Cosgrove 配音)、伊迪丝(达娜·盖伊 Dana Gaier 配音)和阿格蕾丝(埃尔希·费舍 Elsie Fisher 配音),利用她们进入维克托的城堡兜售饼干的机会实施偷盗,计划成功后再偷偷处理掉三个小孩。然而在平凡的日常相处中,格鲁却发现自己越来越离不开这三个小鬼,但这样的感情用事却将严重影响周密的盗月计划……
“Lobo Feroz is a loose, revitalised adaptation of Big Bad Wolves. There were many changes that we made when you compare it to the original, given that we added new characters, plot strands and locations, and we introduced and fleshed out new themes teetering between dark comedy and police thriller. The film questions one’s principles, human behaviour and how ambiguous it can be,” the director explained to Cineuropa. “I’m very happy to be able to work with a dream Spanish cast, where everyone demonstrates their enormous talent and commitment in every scene and through every single detail.”
The screenplay for the movie – written by Juan Manuel Foode Roma and Eva María Alonso Moreno – follows a police officer on the fringes of the law and a woman seeking revenge. Their paths cross, as they are obsessed with discovering the identity of the murderer behind a string of brutal crimes involving various girls. They are both willing to do whatever it takes to secure a confession, even though they will have to take the law into their own hands in order to do so. At the same time, a model detective will do his utmost to avoid irreparable errors being made and to ensure that this desperate search for the truth does not transform into the fiercest of wolves.