故事发生在1882年的美国西部平原,在那片广阔的土地上,生活着名为“拓荒者”的人们,他们自由的选择土地,辛勤劳作,放牧牛羊,安居乐业,查理(凯文·科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰)、苏(安妮特·贝宁 Annette Bening 饰)、莫斯(亚布拉哈姆·本鲁比 Abraham Benrubi 饰)和斯皮尔曼(罗伯特·杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰)正是其中的成员。
可是,随着时间的推移,居民的增多,广袤的平原不再是能够自由驰骋的疆土,只是单纯善良的四人还没有注意到局势的变化。一次意外中,西部小镇的恶霸巴克斯特(金·寇兹 Kim Coates 饰)联手警长恶整了前来购买物资的莫斯并禁止“拓荒者”们再接近小镇,直到这时,查理一行人才意识到,是时候拿起武器为他们的尊严和自由而战了。
可口可乐营销顾问驾临澳洲分舵,他发现销售版图上的一处巨大空白:当地有个老头用自己发明的“非常可乐”垄断该区域数十年,可口、百事都不是对手。当他兴师动众想把老头format的同时,他的澳洲秘书也正率领着女儿,向他发起爱情总攻。每个人物都举止乖张,但并不过火。男主角艾瑞克·罗伯茨是朱丽娅·罗伯茨的亲哥,公认的演技高手,成名比妹妹早得多,可惜后来接过太多烂戏。女主角格瑞塔·斯卡奇曾被誉为“英国电影的一个奇迹”,二人的对手戏很耐看。
A turn-of-the-century investigator named Kate Bliss goes to the wide-open spaces of the wild west to capture a gang of outlaws led by a charming "Robin Hood of the plains," leading a band of dispossessed ranchers against a stuffy English land baron who has cheated them out of their property.
A feisty woman struggles to keep her ranch from being stolen by a greedy and unscrupulous land-baron named Malick. A trio of young men comes to her aid Dusty Fog, the "Kid," and Miguel. They are later joined by a fourth man named Mark, who switches allegiance away from Malick, and then by the local Sheriff who's finally forced to stand up to the local tyrant.