Two detectives are called to a small mining town in the Asturian mountains where a young woman who had been left for dead for months has suddenly appeared, leaving the detectives to question what dark forces are at work....
来自南太平洋萨摩亚群岛的体育记者杜克（约翰尼·德普 Johnny Depp 饰）和他的律师朋友刚佐博士（本尼西奥·德·托尔 Benicio Del Tore 饰）一起开车前往拉斯维加斯，寻找他们的“美国梦”。一路上，他们带了大量毒品和酒精，也遇到形形色色的人，药物作用下，许多迷乱和癫狂的画面出现，让他们分不清幻觉和现实，到底哪个更残破，哪个更肮脏扭曲。两个人的混沌，加上拉斯维加斯本身的纸醉金迷，“美国梦”似乎遥不可及，两个人留下垃圾场一样的五星级酒店房间，无法停止迷幻的路途……...
When a greedy Las Vegas casino owner threatens to lay off and take away pensions from his low-end staff of janitors, florists, and repairmen, they are forced to take matters into their own hands to straighten the odds....
