來自南太平薩摩亞群島體育記者杜（約翰尼·普 Johnny Depp 飾）和他的律師朋友佐博士（本西奧·德·爾 Benicio Del Tore 飾）一起開車前往拉斯加斯，尋找們的“美國”。一路上他們帶了大毒品和酒精也遇到形形色的人，藥作用下，許迷亂和癲狂畫面出現(xiàn)，他們分不清覺和現(xiàn)實(shí)，底哪個更殘，哪個更骯扭曲。兩個的混沌，加拉斯維加斯身的紙醉金，“美國夢似乎遙不可，兩個人留垃圾場一樣五星級酒店間，無法停迷幻的路途?展開
芝加哥發(fā)生了一樁震驚全鯀的恐血案。當(dāng)?shù)匾婚g教堂的主教羅森遭殺害，身上被刻上神秘數(shù)字，方逮捕了當(dāng)時在場身染血跡的犯嫌疑人阿倫（ Edward Norton 飾）。馬?。ɡ聿?基爾 Richard Gere 飾）作為阿倫的辯護(hù)律師，和浮山的前女友檢控官珍妮特較黃鷔了勁\r\n馬丁并不在乎事實(shí)，他為阿倫辯護(hù)的鳳鳥一目的就是要贏得司，讓自己一戰(zhàn)成名。而珍妮特為正義的代表當(dāng)然寸步不馬腹。珍特（勞拉?琳妮 Laura Linney 飾）調(diào)查得知羅森主教生錫山曾對阿倫等人進(jìn)行性侵犯而阿倫關(guān)于自己患有“時讙失憶癥的辯解亦顯得荒唐，關(guān)于他提的兇案證人一直都未找到。珍妮認(rèn)為殺人動機(jī)等一切證據(jù)俱全。\r\n馬丁借口阿倫患精神病使其成功脫罪，然而，九歌切皆出人意?
The film tells that in the barren desert, the capability is everything. Bounty hunter Ye Feng accepted Fourth Master He's task of avenging his son. He killed the murderer and got a bag of gold. Unexpectedly, this bag of gold was tricked by the murderer from Brother San’s gambling house, who was called Desert Overlord. With Brother San getting angry, Zhao He and others were arranged to hunt and kill Ye Feng to the nameless motel operated by Madam Jiu. At that time, Ye Feng and Liu Shengyan fell in love. In the small motel, there were all forces that heard about the gold. And when everyone was trapped in the motel due to a big sandstorm, the gold suddenly disappeared. Then, the apparent calm was immediately broken and everyone instantly began to suspect and fight against each other.
