《The Homesman》的故事发生在美国拓荒时期，无赖琼斯和一个边境小镇的女人护送三个患有精神疾病的妇女从内布拉斯加州前往爱荷华州，一路上他们将在严酷的自然环境中经历诸多磨难。无赖琼斯的角色应该由汤米·李·琼斯出演，希拉里·斯万克确定饰演那个边境小镇的女人，梅丽尔·斯特里普的角色目前尚未确定，据猜测可能是被护送精神病妇女中的一员。

　　Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.

　　一位年迈的老警察深信在他小镇上被捕的神秘陌生人是无辜的，进而展开的调查就像捅了马蜂窝一样，将永远改变这个镇子。

　　维基解密（Wiki-Leaks）的一份新闻稿揭示了政治家和医疗行业之间的勾结，这些勾结将医疗费用推高给中产阶级一个难以达到的价格。随着有罪方的姓名和地址被释放，一个私刑运动在美国各地兴起。在他父亲与癌症的斗争中失利后，梅森和汤普森和鲍比一起寻求暴力的正义，并一路上寻求财富的希望。猎枪爆炸引发了一系列意想不到的后果，导致小组走上了一条黑暗的道路。

　　California gold rush, late 1800's: A gun slinging bounty hunter (Mortimer) travels deep into the mountains to find a deadly Apache warrior (Brother Wolf) who is wanted by the law. Along the way he passes through a gold mining Town. The miners help direct Mortimer to the Apache and send him on his way.
　　Mortimer enters the forest and begins to track the Apache. Back in town, the miners un-earth an ancient meteor. They use their pick axes to crack it open. A section of the meteor splits apart and spores explode out of it. The spore surround and infect the entire population of the mining camp. They are transformed into ravenous mutants.
　　After a vicious battle against the Apache warrior, Mortimer exits the forest with his prisoner in shackles. They hike back to the mining town to find them selves surrounded by a horde of blood thirsty mutants. Now Mortimer the gun slinger and Brother Wolf the Warrior must join together to survive the mutant hordes. What ensues is a bloodbath of horror for the Dead and the Damned.