艾迪(保罗·纽曼 Paul Newman 饰)是一位技艺高超的桌球赌博师,在一次竞争激烈的比赛中,艾迪败给了对手胖子(杰基·格黎森 Jackie Gleason 饰),失败带来的打击让心高气傲的艾迪一蹶不振。一次偶然中,失意的艾迪在咖啡店里遇见了名叫莎拉(派珀·劳瑞 Piper Laurie 饰)美丽女子,两人很快坠入了爱河。
然而,莎拉的爱并没能让艾迪在挫败感中获得救赎,野心的火焰终日在艾迪的心中燃烧带来着疼痛与焦灼。一个名叫伯特(乔治·C·斯科特 George C. Scott 饰)的男人找到艾迪,希望能够当他的经纪人。在两人的努力之下,艾迪终于获得了梦寐以求的成功,可与此同时,他深爱着的莎拉却选择了离开。
“Lobo Feroz is a loose, revitalised adaptation of Big Bad Wolves. There were many changes that we made when you compare it to the original, given that we added new characters, plot strands and locations, and we introduced and fleshed out new themes teetering between dark comedy and police thriller. The film questions one’s principles, human behaviour and how ambiguous it can be,” the director explained to Cineuropa. “I’m very happy to be able to work with a dream Spanish cast, where everyone demonstrates their enormous talent and commitment in every scene and through every single detail.”
The screenplay for the movie – written by Juan Manuel Foode Roma and Eva María Alonso Moreno – follows a police officer on the fringes of the law and a woman seeking revenge. Their paths cross, as they are obsessed with discovering the identity of the murderer behind a string of brutal crimes involving various girls. They are both willing to do whatever it takes to secure a confession, even though they will have to take the law into their own hands in order to do so. At the same time, a model detective will do his utmost to avoid irreparable errors being made and to ensure that this desperate search for the truth does not transform into the fiercest of wolves.