Life is good for Jack, Carter and Harlan, three inept ne'r-do-wells who help run master dope-grower Malcoms flourishing marijuana plantation somewhere in northern California. But then Malcom is suddenly bumped off by a mysterious assailant, after a moment of panic, the naive trio decide to take over the business themselves. However, their lazy days on the dope farm have ill prepared them for the high-stakes game of finding buyers for millions of dollars of contraband. As they plunge into a shadowy new world of duplicity, double-dealing and danger, they soon find that they have gotten in way, way over their heads. But driven on by increasing greed and paranoia, it's too late to back out. 杰克、卡特和哈兰的生活对他们来说是美好的。这三个人都是些无能的老手，他们帮助管理着北加利福尼亚某个地方的毒品种植大师Malcoms。但随后马尔科姆突然被一个神秘的攻击者撞死，在一阵恐慌之后，天真的三人决定自己接管公司。然而，他们在毒品农场的慵懒日子并没有让他们为数百万美元的违禁品寻找买家的高风险游戏做好准备。当他们一头扎进一个充满欺骗、两面三刀和危险的阴暗新世界时，他们很快就发现自己已经越过了他们的头顶。但在日益增长的贪婪和偏执的驱使下，想要放弃已经太迟了。
