本片曾获得99年澳洲电影金像奖最佳影片/导演/原著剧本/男配角/剪接…等十一项提名，由澳洲男演员希斯莱杰(Heath Ledger)片中饰演主角吉米。一个充满屎蛋风格的笨拙黑色喜剧。

19岁的吉米(Heath Ledger)是个涉世未深的街头混混，原本在脱衣舞娘酒馆当保镖，因缘际会认识了甜美忧伤的雅丽媞(Rose Byrne)，纯真的爱情就此发酵。

然而，吉米因为答应镇上黑帮毒虫老大旁多一件差事，途中却因两个半路杀出的贼小孩，差点丢了性命。吉米的决定、两个小孩的未来…导演用超现实阴阳交错多轨的叙事情境说故事。究竟是福是祸，上帝与魔鬼，邪恶与纯真的界线在哪里？吉米最后该如何决定摆脱命运呢？

Follows Detective Holly O'Rourke and her homicide team as a seemingly open-and-shut murder investigation threatens to destroy her career, her family, and her faith in justice. As she scrambles to redeem her personal and professional reputation, Holly and her team uncover a criminal conspiracy that will change their lives forever.