阿简(雷·温斯顿 Ray Winstone 饰)曾经是一名游击队员,经历过战争的残酷洗礼,如今,阿简选择定居新西兰,想要过上平静的生活。一个名叫卡瑞玛(特穆拉·莫里森 Temuera Morrison 饰)的船员让阿简再度陷入了危险之中,他奉命追击这个据说犯了杀人之罪的逃犯。 经验丰富的阿简很快便将卡瑞玛捉拿归案,可卡瑞玛的反复逃跑无疑为阿简完成任务增加了难度。支撑着卡瑞玛不断逃跑的信念只有一个,那就是他的无辜。在一次又一次的奔跑与追逐之中,阿简逐渐对卡瑞玛产生了兴趣,如果不是碍于身份,他们甚至可以成为趣味相投的好友。当阿简知道了卡瑞玛的无辜后,他还会选择继续执行他接受的命令吗?An Afrikaner veteran of the Boer War has just immigrated to New Zealand and is hired to track a man accused of killing a soldier. While hunting through the countryside he captures his fugitive, only to learn that he's innocent of the crime. When faced with the life changing decision to turn him in or set him free only one man will walk away alive.