Judge William Billy Priest lives in a very patriotic (Confederate) southern town. Priest plays a laid-back, widowed judge who helps uphold the law in his toughest court case yet. In the meantime, he plays matchmaker for his young nephew.

Mel Gibson 在片中饰演一名曾在法庭指证毒贩的线民，为恐毒贩仇，在FBI为他重新安排新身份后，度过了十五年的隐居生活。但现在毒枭出狱，并展开了一系列追杀他的行动，而Goldie Hawn 则饰演他的旧情人，十五年来一直以为他去世了，不意又在加油站与他重逢...