Clint Eastwood stars as Miko, a one-time rodeo star and ex-horse breeder who takes a job from an old boss to retrieve his son from his alcoholic mother. Once Miko finds the boy, the unlikely pair travels across rural Mexico on route to Texas.

During the trip, Miko and the boy encounter a challenging journey that has Miko, who is disillusioned with world, finding his own sense of redemption as he teaches the young boy what it means to be a good person.