San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill me he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young daughter, Toya San who Sun has bequeathed to become his wife. Years later, when she becomes of age, she marries Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. When Wong learns Toya will be happier with Harry he allows them to leave. Still later Wong learns that Harry has been deported and since Toya could not prove she was married to someone else she too was deported to China. When Wong learns of this, he goes after them.
Since her best friend disappeared, Dinda's life turns into a nightmare when an evil spirit in the form of a woman in a red dress haunts her. Dinda's life is threatened, not only by the evil spirit but also by people who try to keep the events of the night of her best friend's disappearance a secret.
赛尔(萨姆·赖利 Sam Riley 饰) 是一个追寻灵感,渴望遨游的年轻作家,迪安·莫里亚蒂(加内特·赫德兰 Garrett Hedlund 饰)则是个风流率性,曾几进监狱的不安少年,还娶了16岁的浪荡姑娘玛丽露(克里斯汀·斯图尔特 Kristen Stewart 饰)为妻。然而赛尔十分喜欢迪安充满激情的生活,迪安则钦佩赛尔的风度与学识,三个迷恋自由的年轻人结识后,很快便决定抛下生活,一同行走在路上。他们一路搭便车,吸大麻,行时高歌,醉时沉思。在穿越美国东西的大道上,放浪形骸,追寻自我,燃烧青春。 影片改编自美国作家杰克·凯鲁亚克的自传性同名小说,该小说被奉为“跨掉的一代”的圣经。