由于酗酒，弗兰克（本·金斯利 Ben Kingsley 饰）又一次将组织分配给他的任务给搞砸了，作为一名职业杀手，这是无法原谅的错误，为了让弗兰克“重回正道”，他的叔叔罗曼（菲利浦·贝克·霍尔 Philip Baker Hall 饰）不得不将他送往旧金山，进行强制戒酒。
在好友汤姆（卢克·威尔逊 Luke Wilson 饰）的陪伴下，弗兰克的戒酒事业初显成效，同时，一个叫劳瑞尔（蒂娅·里欧妮 Tea Leoni 饰）的姑娘的出现让弗兰克坠入了情网。坏消息传来，黑帮大佬爱德华（丹尼斯·法里纳 Dennis Farina 饰）对弗兰克的家族进行了大清洗，为了复仇，弗兰克毅然放弃了旧金山平静舒适的生活，踏上了返乡的道路。不同的是，这一次，弗兰克的身边多了一个美人，对于危险的未来，深爱弗兰克的劳瑞尔决定不离不弃，奉陪到底。
A grieving man discovers that the seemingly quiet town is hiding a very terrifying secret. Now he must find a way to overcome his grief and fight back against the darkness that has consumed the town and its people.
The script is set in 1759. Mauritius is in the hands of the Kingdom of France. Massamba and Mati, two slaves in the plantation of Eugène Larcenet (Beno?t Magimel), live a life of fear and toil. He dreams for his daughter to be freed, while she longs to leave the green hell of sugarcane. One night, she runs away. Madame La Victoire (Camille Cottin), a famous slave huntress, is t...
Orphaned at birth, Jean abandons his wife and infant child, believing that he is protecting them from his criminal double life. On the run, his frantic odyssey will bring him back to the fatherhood he was fleeing.
