澳大利亚的范迪门斯，是一个风景秀丽的依然所在，但约在200年前，它却是大英帝国发配罪犯的地方。那些不法之徒远渡重洋来至这片处女地，在士兵的监督下辛苦劳作，不知自由在于何方。 　　道尔顿、马瑟斯、小布朗、耐德、格林希尔、皮尔斯等人因各种原因成为阶下囚，他们日复一日在范迪门斯伐木，前途一片渺茫。万般无奈之下，众人袭击工头后绝路…

Separated from his family and caught in a cycle of gambling and debt, Jim has less than a day to repay a violent loan shark. His day is turned upside down when he must look after his young. Jim's relationship with his son is tested as his plans to pay back the loan fail. When his last desperate effort to repay the debt…