When Samuel (Ethan Hawke) is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy (Russell Crowe) offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he'll win his freedom.

Un inguaribile romantico ottiene proprio ciò che desiderava, ma presto scopre che alcuni desideri si pagano a caro prezzo, e in modo oscuro.