Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.

　　As America recovers from the Civil War, one man tries to put the pieces of his life back together but finds himself fighting a new battle on the frontier. Cable is an embittered Confederate soldier who returns from the war to reclaim his Arizona homestead from rebel pioneers who sympathize with the Union war effort. Desperate to rebuild the life he once knew, Cable ultimately joins forces with Vern Kidston, his Union adversary to make a last stand for the one thing worth fighting for -- his family.

　　某日，布莱恩（约翰尼·梅辛纳 Johnny Messner 饰）孤身一人在广袤无垠的沙漠之中醒来，失去了记忆的他不知道自己身处何地，为何在此，甚至不知道自己究竟是谁，有着怎样的身份和过去。他唯一的陪伴是身边躺着的八具尸体，以及塞满了可卡因和钞票的两辆面包车。
　　很快，大毒枭马特奥（丹尼·特乔 Danny Trejo 饰）以及他的爪牙便找上了布莱恩，很显然，可卡因和钱都和马特奥有着不可撇清的关联。除此之外，正义感慢慢的缉毒警探洛克（杜夫·龙格尔 Dolph Lundgren 饰）正摩拳擦掌，想要将布莱恩捉拿归案，与此同时，贪婪腐败的警长奥尔森（迈克尔·帕尔 Michael Paré 饰）亦将布莱恩视作自己最大的阻碍。

　　克林特·伊斯特伍德之子斯科特·伊斯特伍德子承父业担纲西部动作猛片，内战退役士兵妻子被掳，求平凡生活不得只能大开杀戒成为暗黑杀神