As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.

• Lee Daniels Entertainment
• Nu Image
• Zac Efron
• Matthew McConaughey
• Nicole Kidman
• David Oyelowo
• Macy Gray
• John Cusack
• Scott Glenn
• Ned Bellamy