黑道分子波特（Mel Gibson 梅尔•吉布森 饰）和沃尔（Gregg Henry 饰）搭档，洗劫了某华人帮的14万现金，然而在事成之际，他却被沃尔和自己的妻子林恩（Deborah Kara Unger 饰）暗算。不仅钱被悉数卷走，还中弹险些丢掉性命。　　伤愈归来的波特只有一个念头，要回应该属于自己的7万美元。为此他上天入地，大开杀戒，凡是阻挠他的人全被干掉。这笔在很多大人物眼里微不足道的小钱，却因此掀起了一场震动黑道的血雨腥风……　　本片荣获1999年法国干邑影展观众奖。

Lauren Pierce has just become the high-school Tri-State Archery Champion. After the competition, Lauren and her teammate Emily return to their hotel room for a night of irresponsible celebratory drinking that grows into more. When interrupted by Emily's abusive boyfriend, Lauren snaps and brutally beats Daniel. Lauren is then sentenced to a girls' reform camp Paradise Ridge, nestled in the mountains of California. But this reform camp turns out to be a corrupt and twisted prison that breaks young girls and keeps parents in the dark .With the help of Rebecca, a strong and provocative young woman whom Lauren befriends, the two escape the unsafe facility and fight for their lives out in the Utah wilderness; a journey of growth, acceptance and resilience of what they believe is right.

雍正皇帝严暴治政，为巩固政权，建立粘杆处、血滴子等特务组织为其探查官吏与民众有异心者实行暗杀，也有数以万计无辜人士受此牵连被发配到东北最为苦寒之地。相传此处曾是蛮荒之地，后有六个兄弟来此定居，满语“六言宁古，个言塔”，故后人称此处为宁古塔......