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 romántico empedernido consigue exactamente lo que deseaba, pero pronto descubre que algunos deseos tienen un precio oscuro y siniestro.