飓风后的奥尔良，全城陷入瘫痪。当地的监狱中，所有狱警和囚犯已全部撤离，却有一个囚徒被遗忘在这里。警官特伦斯•麦克多纳（尼古拉斯•凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰）和同事巡查牢房时发现了他，特伦斯出手相助。这个英勇举动使他晋升为中尉，但他的脊柱也受到严重损伤，从此只能靠药物缓解疼痛。不断加剧的疼痛令各种药物失去效力，特伦斯在这一过程中饱受折磨，他不得以求助毒品，身体和经济状况都接近崩溃边缘，脾气也越来越糟。一个英雄警察逐渐堕落。不久，城内发生一起灭门惨案，大毒枭达费特具有重大嫌疑。特伦斯受命调查此案，在这一过程中，他泯灭已久的良知逐渐复苏…… 本片荣获2009年威尼斯电影节Christopher D. Smithers Foundation特别奖。
My name is Sofia. I’m 14 years old and I’m lost. My mother vanished inside the boarding school where she works, and my father just tried to commit suicide under strange circumstances. Next to him, an Ouija board. I used it during a terrifying seance, and
The story is said to follow a pair of loner college undergrads, Jack and Montgomery, who order a take-out pie, but accidentally take a homemade drug that turns a two-floor journey downstairs into a “mind-bendingly transformative quest.”
On the verge of losing everything, veteran sprinter Gu Young is getting one last opportunity at redemption, including a chance to re-kindle the love of his life.
