A day in the life of the employees of Empire Records. Except this is a day where everything comes to a head for a number of them facing personal crises - can they pull through together? And more importantly, can they keep their record store independent and not swallowed up by corporate greed? 是毛糙又闪闪发光的电影。说实话。 乔伊（安东尼·拉帕格利亚 Anthony LaPaglia 饰）是帝国唱片店的老板，因为行业不景气加上经营不善，乔伊的唱片店即将面临遭到收购的悲惨命运，这也就意味着，乔伊手下的很多员工就快要失业了。为了避免这一局面的出现，乔伊和老雇员科里（丽芙·泰勒 Liv Tyler 饰）决定放手一搏。 卢卡斯（罗利·科奇瑞恩 Rory Cochrane 饰）偷走了乔伊准备买下唱片店的全部积蓄，来到了大西洋城准备靠赌博来逆转乾坤，哪知道却输了个精光，但这并不是故事的结尾，一行人依旧没有放弃希望，而是决定在一天之内将这一笔钱再度筹备起来。
