德怀特（乔什·布洛林 Josh Brolin 饰）是一名身材强壮的私家侦探，某日，他接到了前妻爱娃（爱娃·格林 Eva Green 饰）打来的电话约其见面，曾经，爱娃背叛了德怀特，嫁给了富有的商人达米安（马尔顿·索克斯 Marton Csokas 饰），这成为了德怀特心中永恒的伤痛，而如今，许久了无音讯的爱娃再度找到德怀特，究竟欲意何为呢？ 　　通过爱娃的叙述，德怀特得知她的生活并不美好，而一直紧紧跟随和监视着爱娃的司机马努特（丹尼斯·海斯伯特 Dennis Haysbert 饰）亦让爱娃显得更加楚楚可怜。忘记了曾经的伤痛，德怀特决定解救爱娃，他伙同曾经的好友马维（米基·洛克 Mickey Rourke 饰）一起前往达米安家，然而，等待着他们的却是爱娃亲手编织的重重陷阱。Marv is unconscious on a highway surrounded by corpses. When he awakes, he has amnesia and tries to recall his last steps from the Kadie's saloon on the Saturday night. He recalls that he found four playboys burning a homeless man alive and defended the poor man. Marv hunts them down and kills the group. The cocky gambler Johnny hits jackpot in slot machines in the Kadie's saloon and invites the waitress Marcie to go with him to play poker game against the powerful Senator Roark. He wins the game and suffers the consequence of his arrogance. The private detective Dwight McCarthy is contacted by his former lover Ava Lord that asks to meet him at the Kadie's saloon. Ava asks him for forgiveness for leaving him to marry the wealthy Damian Lord. However her strong chauffeur Manute takes her home. Dwight snoops around Ava's house but is found and beaten by Manute and the bodyguards. When he returns home, Ava is waiting for him naked in the bed and seduces him again. Then she tells that Damian and Manute torture her and soon she will be killed. Once again Manute takes Ava with him and hits Dwight that invites Marv to help him to rescue Ava. Damian denies the accusation but Dwight beats him to death while Marv tear Manute's eye out. But soon Dwight finds that he was lured by Ava that shoots him. Marv rescues Dwight and takes him to the Old Town where Dwight finds his former lover Gail that helps him to recover while Dwight plots revenge against Ava.