厭倦了紐約的喧囂，甘保羅乾脆跑到波多黎各一家小報館當記者。對飲酒多過飲水，喜愛夜蒲多過去採訪的保羅來說，簡直等如到了天堂。在這裡，他認識了三個帶給他無數刺激瘋狂經歷的人：一個養鬥雞的攝記拍檔，一個信奉邪爆巫術的騎呢鄰居，以及帶他走進金錢世界的富豪辛迪遜。向來不羈的保羅，不但火速搭上辛迪遜風情萬種的情人卓奈，還突然情聖上身，要帶她私奔！辛迪遜大怒之下，勢要保羅在波多黎各消失；而保羅亦掌握了不少辛迪遜與政府的交易秘密，想在報紙上踢爆黑幕作為反擊！可是大報復未開始，他竟要先搵錢救就快執笠的報館！於是保羅跟兩位死黨唯有靠鬥雞和巫術，展開連串「土炮」發財大計…
Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary (directed by Bruce Robinson) tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp). Tiring of the noise and madness of New York, Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper. Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancée of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs. When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmen’s financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down.
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