Leslie is a West Texas single mother struggling to provide for her son when she wins the lottery and a chance at a good life. But a few short years later the money is gone and Leslie is on her own, living hard and fast at the bottom of a bottle as she runs from the world of heartbreak she left behind.
　　With her charm running out and with nowhere to go, Leslie returns home. Unwelcome and unwanted by those she wronged, it’s Sweeney, a lonely motel clerk, who takes a chance when no one else will. With his support, Leslie comes face to face with the consequences of her actions, a life of regret, and a second chance to make a good life for her and her son.

美国洛杉矶未来艺术展览会上， 画廊主、经纪人、艺术家、收藏家、评论家、艺术顾问以及多金买主觥筹交错，谈笑风生，言必称的艺术，离不开的金钱。艺术圈的小女子约瑟芬那（扎威·阿什顿 Zawe Ashton 饰），某天发现住在同一栋公寓的无名艺术家意外死亡。在偶然走进对方的家中时，约瑟芬那被大量未公之于众的艺术作品所倾倒。她将画作拿给有男女关系的评论家莫弗（杰克·吉伦哈尔 Jake Gyllenhaal 饰），对方敏锐地意识到了这些作品背后的巨大价值。在此之后，所有业内相关人士如同苍蝇闻见了腐肉，对这批神秘作品趋之若鹜。而莫非则开始调查这个名叫维特利尔·迪斯的神秘画家的过往。
　　维特利尔的画作仿佛具有无穷的魔力和生命，人们被它们吸引，命运也为之所左右……

故事讲述尼克(卢克·葛莱姆斯饰)刚刚出狱，他不得不和岳父(罗伯特·泰勒饰)缓和关系。然而他更要和一个将要毁坏他生活的人(格里罗饰}打交道。

The film follows a famed bounty hunter who runs into his sworn enemy, a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before.