乔是一位住在科罗拉多州山区的农场主。他的儿子假释出狱回到他身边,乔的孤独生活被打断了,恶运也从此开始。 乔虽然过着孤独的生活,但他并不需要任何人的同情,丧偶多年的乔在日常的农场劳动中度过每一天,直到他听到儿子迪伦假出狱的消息。迪伦是一个好孩子,但坏运气却总与他相伴,但迪伦从不和父亲谈论这一切。父子俩开始尝试不同的交流方式,以改善父子关系。Joe lives a life of solitude by choice on a ranch in the mountains of Colorado, asking no one to feel sorry for him. A widower, he has his daily routine of ranch chores interrupted one evening by a call from his just paroled son, Dylan. Dylan is a good kid that has a dark cloud that seems to follow him wherever he goes. He hasn't spoken to his father in years and has nowhere else to go. Reluctantly, Joe takes Dylan in under the condition that he has changed his ways. The two slowly start to repair their rocky relationship when the ill fortune that follows Dylan strikes again. The ensuing incident sets forth a chain reaction of events that will cause dire consequences for everyone involved.