曾是矿工的祖父去世后，潘乔带着妻儿回到家乡，却与亲戚们因为遗产问题弄得一地鸡毛。

“墨西哥人”不是人，而是一把古董手枪。附带在它身上有一个传说，故事的悲剧收场，让这把枪沾上了凶险的不祥之兆。每个持有它的人，都会遭来不测。 如今，小混混杰瑞（布拉德·皮特 Brad Pitt饰）面临着抉择：要么接过黑帮大佬的任务，远赴墨西哥把这支枪找回来；要么乖乖地听漂亮女友萨蔓莎（朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts饰）的话，和黑道断绝来往，做回一个光明正大的人。当然，得罪黑帮无异于惹火烧身，杰瑞再三考虑，还是决定把“墨西哥人”寻回，干完这桩事情就金盘洗手。 风尘仆仆的赶到墨西哥后，杰瑞在异乡经历着曲折的寻枪过程。“墨西哥人”的神秘魔咒也渐渐浮现——萨蔓莎遭到了黑帮老大的绑架，以此来威胁杰瑞务必把枪完好带回。杰瑞的前路，面临着凶险的黑帮势力、手枪的古老魔咒，更有爱情的真谛等待他发现。

Tamara, a woman with a mental disability, tries to return a borrowed baby to his parents, but she can't remember where she found him.

To redeem himself from a great sin, a man dedicates himself to building a church.

Joaquina is aging in a small Mexican village in the 1920s. Her life is boring and she spends her days dreaming of her hero, cowboy Tom Mix. Everything Joaquina wants is to meet him. Her life changes when a bunch of bandits appears nearby. It's time for Tom Mix to stop the thieves and fulfill Joaquina's dreams of adventure.