夺金营救

　　故事发生在美国内战结束不久之后，曾经在前线奋勇杀敌的军官基德上尉（汤姆·汉克斯 Tom Hanks 饰）如今成为了一名读报人。他辗转于一个又一个小镇，为生活在那里的居民们带来来自世界各地的最新的消息。
　　一天，基德在德州遇见了一个名叫乔安娜（海伦娜·泽格尔 Helena Zengel 饰）的小女孩，这个可怜的姑娘在6年前被印第安人掳走抚养，如今，重新获得了自由的她将要回到叔叔和阿姨的身边开始正常人的生活，虽然这并不是乔安娜真正想要的。基德和乔安娜之间产生了一种奇妙的联结，于是，基德答应护送乔安娜去她应该去的地方，两人要共同面对的，除了险恶的自然环境外，还有叵测的人心。

　　Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.

　　本片是《罪途》三部曲的第一部，后两部是《罪途2之救赎代价》与《罪途3之正义规则》，三集共同讲述了一个故事：2005年，一列绿皮火车因暴雨引发泥石流而被停在半路。一节车厢中的八名乘客，全部陷入了不明原因的昏迷当中。调查结果则更让人心惊，其中一位乘客已经成为了冰冷的尸体……