在茂密宁静的仓鸮森林，猫头鹰诺克图斯和妻儿们生活在一棵参天大树的枝干上。她的儿子索伦（吉姆·斯特吉斯 Jim Sturgess 配音）无比迷恋“守护者”的传说。据说很久以前，佩戴着钢喙的邪恶“纯种者”（草鸮）国王压迫猫头鹰子民，关键时刻守护者挺身而出，打败了国王及其爪牙，但失败者从未放弃复仇的念头。憧憬古老传说的索伦令哥哥库鲁德（瑞恩·科万腾 Ryan Kwanten 配音）颇为气恼，以致于被哥哥...
A boy and his friends seek to join a mid-atlantic gang led by the boy's estranged father, unaware that his father's ruthlessness takes no account of family ties....