这部电影是 Netflix 热门巴西犯罪影集**《黑狱悲歌》**（Brotherhood / Irmandade）的衍生长篇电影。故事背景设定在圣保罗。当犯罪组织首领的女儿被腐败警察绑架后，该组织发起了大规模的报复行动，使整座城市陷入暴力与混乱的边缘。影集版的主角克里斯蒂娜（由 Naruna Costa 饰演）在片中必须在法律边缘挣扎，试图在局势失控前救出侄女。

漂泊不定且急需用钱来支付养父治疗费的银行职员乌巴尔多不记得自己的童年经历，却获得了一笔将永远改变其命运的遗产。他去了位于西北沙漠中心地带的克拉塔拉，在那里，他将成为一群残酷劫匪的头目，完成他亲生父亲、神话般的坎加索劫匪的遗志。

Russas, a small town in northeastern Brazil, is the home of Pacarrete, a grumpy retired dance teacher who dreams of getting a big shot and starring at a dance spectacle for the whole town to see. She's close to fulfilling that dream, but not without overcoming a few impediments along the way.

Ubaldo receives an inheritance that will change his destiny for good. In the heart of the northeast desert, he'll become the leader of a pack of ruthless bandits, fulfilling the legacy of his biological father - a mythical "Cangaceiro".

On the eve of his departure for a new life, Aron's estranged sister, Gabi, shows up at his doorstep. Faced once more with the family tensions he sought to escape, Aron struggles to make up his mind.