取材自真人真事的黑帮英雄片。沃伦．贝蒂饰演美国梦的追逐者巴格西席格，他原是叱吒东岸的黑道杀手，在前往西岸洛杉矶开疆拓土之余，他看上了性感的女明星维琴妮亚．希尔，展开一段火药味浓厚的恋情。另一方面，他看上了拉斯维加斯一处牧牛的荒地，决定投入巨资把它建成美酒笙歌的豪华赌场。

Basedontheeponymouslytitlednovel,thisisthepowerfulreal-lifestoryofLaleSokolov,aJewishprisonerwhowastaskedwithtattooingIDnumbersonprisoners’armsintheAuschwitz-BirkenauconcentrationcampduringWorldWarTwo.

Based on the eponymously titled novel, this is the powerful real-life story of Lale Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who was tasked with tattooing ID numbers on prisoners' arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War Two.