In a live broadcast program "Money Monster" comes to the extreme, unusual situation. Lee Gates (Greorge place at Clooney), host of the program, is taken hostage by a desperate investor Kyle (Jack O'Connell), who - with the guidance given by Gates in the program - he lost everything.
The dramatic situation Gates supports the producer of the program - Patty Fenn (Julia Roberts). During the program, the audience grows with each passing second, the eyes of the audience takes a dramatic race against time - Gates and Fenn are trying to solve the mysterious collapse of the shares of the company, which has invested money Kyle.