Two criminals attempt to rob a local pawn shop. When their planned robbery goes awry and a gang of criminals find themselves injured with a resilient young female hostage in tow, they take refuge at a remote farmhouse to try to let the heat die down. But what they discover there is far more menacing. The Price We Pay is the latest slasher-action thriller from a Japanese director, Kitamura Ryuhei. Of the film Kitamura has remarked, “It is a film of two hands. On the one hand it is a gripping action/thriller, but on the other hand it is an intense, terrifying experience immediately grabbing the audience and sending them on a wild ride.” As he indicates, The Price We Pay is a perfect film for the midnight audience who are thirst for bloody horror.
一次偶然中,布兰登(马修·麦康纳 Matthew McConaughey 饰)发现自己竟然拥有一项如此神奇的特异功能——他能够准确预测出每周末举行的橄榄球比赛的结果。这一能力彻底扭转了布兰登失意而又颓废的生活,同时也将他卷入了金钱和利益所构造的漩涡之中。 沃特(阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰)经营着一家体育顾问公司,布兰登的神奇能力在他的眼中无异于是一根点石成金的魔杖。野心勃勃的他找到了布兰登,千方百计的说服了后者加入了他的公司。从此,沃特的事业扶摇直上,布兰登也在沃特的身上找到了亲情和友情。但随着布兰登的能力的逐渐流逝,他和沃特之间的关系也开始了动摇。两人心中都有各自的想法,而最终的赢家只有一个。