来自南太平洋萨摩亚群岛的体育记者杜克(约翰尼·德普 Johnny Depp 饰)和他的律师朋友刚佐博士(本尼西奥·德·托尔 Benicio Del Tore 饰)一起开车前往拉斯维加斯,寻找他们的“美国梦”。一路上,他们带了大量毒品和酒精,也遇到形形色色的人,药物作用下,许多迷乱和癫狂的画面出现,让他们分不清幻觉和现实,到底哪个更残破,哪个更肮脏扭曲。两个人的混沌,加上拉斯维加斯本身的纸醉金迷,“美国梦”似乎遥不可及,两个人留下垃圾场一样的五星级酒店房间,无法停止迷幻的路途……
来自网友【Snfjd】的评论Terry Gilliam典型的天马行空黑色幽默,紧贴现实的物质滥用公路美国梦,loss, protest, drugs, 五光十色扭曲变形的幻觉,失真变调的美国国歌。 Those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy peace and understanding for three bucks a hit. But their loss and failure is ours too. What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole lifestyle that he helped create. A generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers, who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the acid culture: The desperate assumption that somebody, or at least some force is tending the light at the end of the tunnel.
来自网友【马西嘿嘿嘿】的评论镜头下倾斜的世界,一个把美国梦转变成恶梦的地方,一个嬉皮士追寻自由而不得之地,最后留下的是垮掉的一代的癫狂与LSD...毒品、摇滚乐、民主与自由是永远都讨论不尽的话题...红色雪弗莱与白色卡迪拉克,红白蓝的all star