美国南北战争时期，Jake Roedel（托比·马奎尔 Tobey Maguire 饰）是南方一个德国人的儿子，和他支持北方的父亲不同，他支持的是南方。他和好友Jack Bull Chiles（斯基特·乌尔里奇 Skeet Ulrich 饰）一起加入了南方的游击部队。他们又结识了George Clyde和George的之前的黑奴Daniel Holt（杰弗里·怀特 Jeffrey Wright 饰）。四人都在John Black的部队下效力。驻扎在山上的时候，村里的寡妇Sue Lee Shelley（珠儿 Jewel Kilcher 饰）和Jack Bull相爱了，在后来的战争中，Jack战死，而Jake则与部队里的一个叫Pitt（乔纳森·莱斯·梅耶斯 Jonathan Rhys Meyers 饰）的人产生了矛盾，Pitt更是开枪打伤了Jake和Ho...Jake Roedel and Jack Bull Chiles are friends in Missouri when the Civil War starts. Women and Blacks have few rights. Jack Bull's dad is killed by Union soldiers, so the young men join the Bushwhackers, irregulars loyal to the South. One is a Black man, Daniel Holt, beholden to the man who bought his freedom. They skirmish then spend long hours hiding. Sue Lee, a young widow, brings them food. She and Jack Bull become lovers, and when he's grievously wounded, Jake escorts her south to a safe farm. The Bushwhackers, led by men set on revenge, make a raid into Kansas. At 19, Jake is ill at ease with war. As his friends die one after another, he must decide where honor lies.
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