1919. After fighting in WWI as a sniper Travis, now a Policeman in the vast empty spaces of northern Australia, loses control of an operation that results in the massacre of an Indigenous tribe. After his superiors insist on burying the truth Travis leaves in disgust, only to be forced back twelve years later to hunt down Baywara, an Aboriginal warrior whose attacks on new-settlers are causing havoc. When Travis recruits mission-raised Gutjuk, the only known massacre-survivor as his Tracker, the truth of the past is revealed and Travis becomes the hunted.

讲述老警探詹姆斯·奈特（布鲁斯·威利斯 饰）致力于守护洛杉矶的安宁，万圣节前夕，一群蒙面匪徒在城市作恶、重伤奈特的搭档。为了缉凶，奈特一路追缉劫匪到了纽约，在那里，他的往事也将被揭晓，他必须在救赎的同时自我救赎。