一名在澳洲以农为业的的占水师康纳（罗素·克劳 Russell Crowe 饰）在第一次世界大战加里波利战役后前往土耳其伊斯坦堡，试图寻找他三个参战阵亡儿子的遗骸。即使一开始遭到军方的百般阻挠，他也不屈不挠，更遇到于伊斯坦堡入住旅馆女主人爱莎（欧嘉·柯瑞兰寇 Olga Kurylenko 饰）及一名曾与他儿子对战的土耳其军官出手协助。康纳抓住一丝希望，为查出真相，穿越饱受战火蹂躏的土地，九死一生，只为寻回儿子阵亡的真相，了结自己及妻子的心愿……

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.