在这部诉讼动作/西部片中,刚刚出狱的钱伯斯，面对来接自己的老友布靴和蛙仔，异常兴奋。三人去找钱伯斯原来的黑社会老大盖兹，表示自己不愿意混黑社会了。盖兹指使手下杀死布靴和蛙仔，并以钱伯斯儿子威胁钱伯斯，必须替自己干最后一票：杀死当地的检察官。当钱伯斯赶到检察官办公室时，果然发现检察官已经倒在地上。钱伯斯妹妹的前夫，一个极具西部牛仔特色的律师接手这个案子，要努力为钱伯斯脱罪。
Big-city lawyer Casey McKay, (Eric Close - Nashville, Without a Trace) is drawn to a small town by his ex-wife to defend her brother, accused of murdering a DA. He discovers a web of conspiracy that puts him face-to-face with the town's most corrupt land developer, Mr. Gates (Tommy Flanagan - Sons of Anarchy, Braveheart). As Casey unravels the truth, he finds himself fighting for his former brother-in-law's life, as well as his own.
