艾利(约翰·C·赖利 John C. Reilly 饰)和查理(华金·菲尼克斯 Joaquin Phoenix 饰)是一对杀手兄弟,某日,他们接到了一项任务,去暗杀一名淘金者。于是,两个男人火速从俄勒冈前往旧金山,一路上,两个人遇到的麻烦可不少,但他们凭借着智慧和勇气将它们一一化解,最终安全的抵达了目的地。 当他们见到了他们的目标时才发现,这个名叫沃姆(里兹·阿迈德 Riz Ahmed 饰)的男人是一名化学家,他发明出了一种神奇的药剂,可以帮助人们更快速的寻找到金矿的所在。两利相权取其重,艾利和查理当即决定辞去杀手这份工作,转而成为来钱更快的淘金汉,哪知道他们为这个鲁莽的决定付出了沉重的代价。
Recently-widowed Leann and her 17-year-old daughter Julina move into an isolated polygamous compound, where the freethinking Julina meets like-minded Ryder, son of the religious compound’s charismatic Prophet, Ervil. Immediately drawn to one another, the two begin to secretly meet and soon fall in love. Threatened by his son’s budding attraction to Julina, Ervil claims God has instructed him to take Julina as his new wife so they can build a new community in Mexico. When Ryder and Julina learn of Ervil’s intent to destroy their relationship, they begin to plan their escape. However, Ervil intercedes and banishes Ryder from the sect, leaving him in a remote area of the desert so he can no longer endanger his plan to marry Julina. Wandering for miles, Ryder arrives in Las Vegas, where he finds his old friend and excommunicated “lost boy” Micah and enlists his help to rescue Julina. Back at the compound, Leann and her sister-wives also begin to realize Ervil’s role as Prophet is not as sacred as they originally believed and set out to save Julina and reunite her with her true love, Ryder.