Obsługa luksusowego apartamentowca przy Central Parku zwanego „Tower” dowiaduje się, iż miliarder, właściciel penthousa w tym wieżowcu zdefraudował pieniądze odkładane przez nich na emeryturę. Pracownicy pod przewodnictwem eks-menadżera Josh Kovacsa (Ben Stiller) i wynajętego złodzieja Slide(Eddie Murphy) decydują, iż musi to zostać pomszczone i planują wariacki skok aby odzyskać swoje pieniądze.
Josh Kovacs is the manager of a residential apartment in New York. He is close to all the tenants, especially Arthur Shaw, a financier. One day Shaw is arrested by the FBI for fraud. Josh thinks it's a misunderstanding that can be resolved. But later he learns that the employees' pension which he asked Shaw to handle is gone. When one of the employees tries to kill himself, Josh's views of Shaw change. He goes to see him and loses his temper. He loses his job. The FBI agent in charge of Shaw tells him that Shaw might walk and recovering the pension fund is unlikely. She tells him that it's been rumored that Shaw has 20 million laying around if he needs. Josh thinks he knows where it is. So with two other employees who also lost their jobs and an evicted tenant, they set out to get into Shaw's penthouse to get the money. But they realise they need the assistance of someone who knows what they are doing. So, Josh asks a guy he knows is a thief named Slide to help them.
