刚从监狱中释放的查理.兰斯（蒂芬·多尔夫 Stephen Dorff），寻求为他在监狱的导师“小佛爷”威廉（威廉·达福 Willem Dafoe）复仇。一路上，他邂逅了混迹街头游刃有余，但又不失优雅、迷人心魄的美女佛伦丝.简（米歇尔·莫娜汉 Michelle Monaghan）。二人一起踏上了一条凶险异常、前途未卜的旅程...

On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his life.

On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch hand. The pair feel an instant attraction and begin a relationship, but her father, a lawman, is suspicious of her lover.