★蒙特·赫尔曼导演风格质朴简约的西部片，强烈的社会政治隐喻配合着导演极为耐心冷峻的节奏! 　　★沉默又生活化的细节展现透露出现实主义倾向，更加会显现持续的张力和黑色电影式的人物命运！ 　　★公路片模式，西部片外壳，黑色电影的绝望气息，用冷静的镜头写实地记录出结构性暴力渗透的西部!Wes, Vern and Otis are three cowhands on the way to a cattle drive. Coming upon what is to be an omen of their future... an outlaw hung by a group of vigilantes...the trio finds shelter at a cabin, only to discover that their "hosts" are men who have robbed a stagecoach and killed the guard. When an avenging posse attacks the cabin, Wes and Vern escape, only to find that they have become branded as 'outlaws' by the posse, who relentlessly pursue them.