Bill Scanlin loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. As Bill stays ahead of the law, he discovers that sometimes the only thing worse than getting caught is getting away with it.
Stuck between work and family, Mack Cameron must choose between his acting career and saving his marriage. While on a film shoot in his hometown of Littleton, Texas, one young boy inspires Mack to pursue his lost dream. Paradise, Texas follows one man as he discovers it's never too late to be what you might have been.
Chris (Jamie Bell) e Tim (Devon Alan) são dois irmãos que moram com o pai (Dermot Mulroney), em uma cidade no sul dos Estados Unidos. A chegada de Deel (Josh Lucas), tio ex-presidiário, muda completamente a vida de todos. Ao tentar se apossar de uma coleção de velhas moedas mexicanas, Deel mata a sangue frio seu próprio irmão. Testemunhas, Chris e Tim fogem com as moedas, mas esquecem a arma do crime. Eles passam então a fugir da polícia e também de Deel, que deseja matá-los a todo custo.