故事发生在1849年,“淘金热”的来袭让世界发生了翻天覆地的变化。投机商人迪伦(彼得·穆兰 Peter Mullan 饰)凭借着自己的手腕和智慧,成为了加州小镇中富有到足以一手遮天的所在,就连平日里高高在上的妓院老板娘露西亚(米拉·乔沃维奇 Milla Jovovich 饰)都无法抵御黄金的诱惑,主动对迪伦投怀送抱。 就在迪伦最春风得意的时刻,三个客人的到来彻底改变了他的生活。埃莱娜(娜塔莎·金斯基 Nastassja Kinski 饰)和霍普(萨拉·波莉 Sarah Polley 饰),一个是弱不禁风的中年妇人,一个是瘦小苍白的稚嫩女童,她们两人的真实身份,竟然是迪伦在早年抛弃的妻子和女儿。另一位是名叫达格里斯(韦斯·本特利 Wes Bentley 饰)的男人,他的存在对于小镇的存亡来说至关重要。A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scout the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.