Nick (Jeff Bridges) is the son of Pa Kegan (John Huston), a tycoon who heads a powerful business empire, and the brother of an American president who was assassinated 15 years ago. Working in the China seas on one of his father's oil drilling ships, Nick is plunged into the past when a dying man reveals the true identity of his brother's assassin. Nick sets out on a twisting trail to unravel a web of greed and vengeance which leads him to confront...