影片讲述一位内心充满愤恨的枪手约翰·亨利·克莱顿(基弗·萨瑟兰 Kiefer Sutherland 饰)回到故乡试图弥补和他疏远的父亲(唐纳德·萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland 饰)的关系,力图挣脱多年前因一场意外导致弟弟威廉溺亡的阴影,却陷入了故乡资本家抢夺农民土地的争斗中。一忍再忍,直到资本家手下对约翰·亨利的父亲也就是牧师下黑手,他决定从新拿起武器, 消灭那些恶人!
In 1872, an embittered gunslinger named John Henry Clayton attempts to make amends with his estranged father Reverend Samuel Clayton while their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.