道恩·麦克拉伦（利亚姆·海姆斯沃斯 饰演）一心想与女友（泰莉莎·帕尔墨）逃离这个名为"陡案"的家乡小镇。当他无意中用摄像机拍下一起谋杀事件后，他决心利用这件事获得高额赏金，然而事情却走向了相反的方向，他也被卷入到当地警长（约翰·马尔科维奇 饰演）的调查之中。Dwayne McLaren has been looking for a way out of his small town upbringing of CUT BANK, MT since he graduated high school several years earlier. When he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time, he jumps at a chance to pursue a better life in a bigger city with his girlfriend Cassandra. But luck doesn't exist in Cut Bank, and this perceived good fortune is quickly followed by a flood of bad karma.