主人公是一个叫戴维·曼恩(丹尼斯·韦弗 Dennis Weaver 饰)的中年汉子,此日他在空无一人的州际公路上单独驾车。随后一辆大卡车出现了,挡在戴维前面,他毫不客套地跨越对方。尔后两车在公路上互相超了对方的车,一开端戴维还喜洋洋地想跨越对方走在前面,后来他却发明大卡车司机像发狂一样想置他于死地。他只好停下来,在路边餐厅整整理一下…
Ekah is determined to go to school in a village of fishermen where a girl child's education is considered a taboo. Her drive to break this old adage gets her embroiled with her father, Solomon's past.