Hank (Robert Downey Robert Downey Jr, Jr. (acted the role of) is an experienced lawyer, specializes in helping the rich clean up the mess they have caused, in Hank's eyes, there is no so-called justice, there are only eternal interests. His mother's unexpected death forced Hank to return to his hometown of Indiana, which is his hometown, but has the last thing he wants to recall. In his hometown, Hank meets his long-lost father Joseph (Robert Duvall Robert Duvall), a stubborn old man who has been a magistrate all his life, and the tense relationship between father and son has not changed over the years. Hank, who wanted to leave, did not expect that a traffic accident involved Joseph in a complicated lawsuit, and while defending his father, the truth gradually emerged.