Mike (Matt Damon) um talentoso jogador de cartas que perdeu o dinheiro que pagaria seus estudos no jogo. Decide afastar-se das mesas de jogo e arranjar um emprego de verdade. Mas um amigo (Edward Norton) sai da prisão, necessitando de dinheiro, e ele volta jogatina, tentando uma cartada final contra o oponente que levou seu dinheiro.
After a visit from the ghost of her sister, a rebellious 16 year old Japanese American girl hits the road with her boyfriend in search of a better life. Hooking up with activist friends along the way, she comes to an important realization about her past: that her parents were incarcerated in an internment camp during World War II. She detours her road trip, ditches her boyfriend and drives off into the Arizona desert in a determined search for the truth that will set her free.
