辛迪(莎朗·斯通 Sharon Stone 饰)是一名杀人犯,三十天之后,针对她的死刑就要行刑了。瑞格(罗伯·莫洛 Rob Morrow 饰)身为特赦组新上任的组员,开始着手调查辛迪的案件,他希望能够从中发现什么蛛丝马迹,可以令辛迪免于一死。 辛迪被控告杀死的人,是现任州长好友的儿子,随着调查的深入,瑞格渐渐发现此案另有隐情。很快,瑞格的调查就遭到了相关方面的阻挠,这更令瑞格有理由相信,辛迪是无辜的。无奈辛迪的态度非常的强硬,丝毫不配合瑞格的工作,瑞格仅靠一己之力举步维艰。然而,他并没有放弃对于真相的追寻,随着时间的推移,辛迪渐渐被瑞格的执着打动。
In 1909, amidst the dying old west, Willie Boy, a long distance Desert Runner by Chemehuevi tradition, falls in love with young native beauty, Carlota. Carlota's father, a Chemehuevi shaman and local tribal leader, refuses to let the young couple be together. In a fatal confrontation, Carlota's father falls dead to an accidental gun shot and the young lovers flee to the sun enslaved Mohave desert. The local sheriff leads a mounted posse armed with fire power and two Native American trackers seeking justice for their murdered tribal leader. Willie Boy and Carlota evade capture outlasting the men and their horses. However, fake news stories meant to sell papers adds to the mounting pressure to capture Willie Boy. In a desert that purifies all, the search for Willie Boy forces everyone to face their own demons in this tragic tale of love, death, and desert heat.