At the turn of the last century in the American West, two brothers fall in love with the same woman. Lilith chooses the younger brother, Elijah (Joseph Fiennes). The embittered Luke (David Wenham) travels alone to Europe. His demons drive him to Macedonia where he becomes a ruthless mercenary fighting amongst the vicious local gangs.

However, the revolution takes on a personal face when pregnant Neda saves dying Luke. 100 years later, in New York City, a desperate robber, Edge (Adrian Lester) tries to part an elderly woman from her life savings. But Angela won't give up her hoard of ancient gold coins until he's listened to her story of two brothers who fell for the same woman a long time ago in the Wild West...