电影故事在澳洲的沙漠腹地展开,盖·皮尔斯饰演的艾瑞克(Eric)在金融危机中失去了所有财富,四处流浪的他经历一群暴徒的抢劫,他们抢走了他最后的金钱,同时也带走了他身上所有人性美好的部分。艾瑞克决定反抗,他冒死追踪这帮暴徒,并得到其中一位受伤的暴徒雷伊(罗伯特·帕丁森 饰演)的帮助...Ten years after a global economic collapse, a cold-blooded drifter traverses the scorched Australian outback on a mission to track down the men who stole his last remaining possession - his car. When he crosses paths with a badly wounded member of the gang, he takes the vulnerable, naïve young man along as his unwitting accomplice.