弗雷（塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰）在铁窗之后度过了漫长的二十五年，终于刑满释放重见天日的他发誓，再也不要回到那狭小的监牢之中，过那种不见天日的痛苦生活了。二十五年，整个世界仿佛变了个模样，弗雷对未来充满了希望，但又惴惴不安。
一位名叫艾瑞斯（鲁丝·内伽 Ruth Negga 饰）的活泼女子出现在了弗雷的身边，她的乐观和不羁令弗雷渐渐找回了自信，丢掉过去了阴霾，彻底融入新的生活，可是，曾经的搭档的儿子伊桑（卢克·科比 Luke Kirby 饰）的出现让弗雷明白，过去永远都不会过去。阴险狡诈的伊桑将目标放到了艾瑞斯的身上，这是弗雷不可触碰的底线，为了艾瑞斯，他决心再次铤而走险。

2008 film by Sook-Yin Lee

Princess Amelia of Bundbury travels across America to explore a budding romance with an artist, only to fall in love with her bodyguard Grady.

It’s a full Valentine’s Day weekend at the Inn when Olivia and Mick host Mick’s sister Bonnie and her finance Sean, Mick’s daughter Julie and her boyfriend Wyatt, and Olivia’s mother Nora and her boyfriend Johnny. Bonnie brings her new fiancé Sean, and they plan to marry at the Inn that weekend, and Julie announces she plans to drop out of college to pursue her passion for cooking. While Olivia plans the wedding, Mick expresses his concerns to both Bonnie about the distant Sean, and to Julie about dropping out of college. Wyatt, too, is troubled by Julie’s decision to leave college, and the two have a fight that may end their relationship. As the wedding approaches, Sean reveals a secret that he has been keeping all weekend, and Johnny has a surprise of his own in store.