关键协议

故事发生在1880年的澳大利亚，警察和黑帮之间的关系已经降到了冰点，所有人都知道，事态再照这样发展下去，一场恶斗在所难免。土匪阿瑟（丹尼·休斯顿 Danny Huston 饰）的举动让事件向更糟的方向发展而去，他在小镇居民霍普金斯家展开了一场血腥残暴的大屠杀后逃之夭夭。 　　看到兄弟已然丧失了理智，查尔斯（盖·皮尔斯 Guy Pearce 饰）决定带着麦克（理查德·威尔森 Richard Wilson 饰）远走高飞。在关键时刻，斯坦利警长（雷·温斯顿 Ray Winstone 饰）制服了查尔斯，绑架了麦克，他以麦克的性命为筹码，要求查尔斯杀掉丧心病狂的阿瑟。两边都是手足情深的兄弟，查尔斯陷入了艰难的抉择之中。Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the three Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gang's mastermind, remains on the loose and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days.