为治疗一种致命的疼痛，一位友善、成功的乡村老师兼牧师，被要求开一种名叫可的松的激素药。没想到他自己逐渐沉迷到吸食这种试验性药品中而不能自拔……由此性情大变，成了一个有精神障碍并且极度暴力的家庭暴君……
Diz (Joel Courtney) is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run. Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself and doesn't accept handouts. He takes whatever he wants and runs. Jaded and determined to answer to no one, Diz lives a life marked by thievery and abandonment. Things change for Diz when he floats into a small town on the Snake River. There he is confronted by an unflappable old man named Marty and falls for Marty's guarded granddaughter, Selah. When Diz robs a local drug-dealing crazy, he becomes the owner of a giant pile of cash and the target of two vicious killers. With more money than he knows what to do with, and criminals at his heels, Diz puts the people he's learned to care about in danger, still trying to win Selah. But some things can't be stolen or bought. The River Thief is a film about guilt, self-sacrifice, and accepting life as a gift.
日本战国时代，一小山村面临着山贼的威胁，为了保护秋天的收成，村中长老决定让去请武士来保护村子安全，但只能拿出的报酬是一天三顿的白米饭。在城里，他们遭到了武士白眼甚至被打。直到勘兵卫（志村乔饰）的出现，他现今已沦为浪人，几经考虑最后答应了。他对农民说至少需要七名武士，于是久藏（宫口精二饰）、胜四郎（木村功饰）、五郎（稻叶义男饰）、七郎（加东大介饰）、平八（千秋实饰）和菊千代（三船敏郎饰）等六人也加入了队伍，七个人肩负保卫村子的任务。
“没有名字的我，没有未来的她”
一个去世议员的家人无意中发现了议员的一件遗物——一卷8毫米的影片，里面竟然有女孩被虐杀的整个过程，于是交给了一名私家侦探汤姆威勒（Nicolas Cage尼古拉斯•凯奇饰）调查真相。汤姆威勒本来平静的生活开始危机四伏。 汤姆威勒一步步破解真相的过程，亦是一步步陷入泥潭的过程。但是影片中陌生女子的受虐惨剧在他脑中挥之不去。良心促使他在凶险的真相面前变得无惧。 但当真相揭露之时，世间的丑恶不堪得令汤姆威勒也陷入了惊恐……
