Trucker Lincoln Hawk is on his way to Las Vegas for the World Armwrestling Championship. He has a lot of worries: he has to meet and talk to his ex-wife, who is dying of a strange heart disease; after breaking the gate and dealing with the bodyguards, to check up on his beloved father-in-law and at any cost to bring back his son, who was abandoned 10 years ago.
Joe and Marion Starrett, along with their adventure-loving son, struggle to survive on their ranch in a rugged frontier town. One day a rider named Shane comes to them and asks for water for himself and his horse. Joe complies with the request. A short time later, Shane is already helping the family defend the ranch from the villainous Riker, who is seizing land for cattle grazing. Shane stays to work on the ranch and gradually becomes a friend and hero to little Joey.
A lot happened to single mom Sammy all at once. Her eight-year-old son Rudy begins to imagine his father, whom he has never seen, as a hero. Sammy herself is rekindling a relationship with one of her previous boyfriends. At work, Sammy has a new boss who imposes his own unusual rules. Her brother Terry comes to visit after not hearing from him at all for several months. Her boyfriend proposes to her, and her brother suggests that Rudy see his father....
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.
FBI agent Wesley Doyle is leading the investigation of a Texas serial killer known as the Hand of God. One night, a young man named Fenton Meiks comes to Doyle and claims to know the killer well. It's his younger brother Adam, and all of his crimes are just a small part of a long story. When Fenton and Adam were children, after the death of their mother, their father claims that an angel appeared to him and told him to kill demons - normal looking people who bring evil to the world.
Ex-military man Kyle Martin returns to his hometown and intends to start farming. But buying a farm on an installment plan turns out to be unprofitable, because all the money he earns goes to pay off the interest, and the bank, despite his services to the country, does not want to lower the rate. One day near his farm a local gangster Johnny gets into a car accident, and Kyle saves him by pulling him out of the burning car. In gratitude, Johnny gives the farmer 1500 dollars. But even that isn't enough to save the farm from an impending foreclosure. One day at a horse race, Johnny places a bet after the race has started and wins $50,000. Angered by the violation of the racetrack rules, local mob boss Passini orders his underlings to kill Johnny's bodyguard and blind him with sulfuric acid.
A series of short sketches revealing various aspects of the life, work and personality of the famous Canadian pianist.
1932. After many years away, twins Smok and Stack return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta. They fought in the trenches of World War I and then became gangsters in Chicago. The brothers buy a piece of land with farm buildings from a white racist in order to open a music bar for plantation workers. The highlight of the opening is the preacher's son, to whom the twins once gave a guitar, and who plays the blues so well that he attracts the attention of an Irish vampire who happens to be nearby.
