

When Grace asks about his bandaged hand, he tells her that he recently had an accident. They introduce themselves to each other and he tells her about waiting for his car to be fixed. Bobby immediately hits on her and offers to help her carry her drapes to her parked car. While wandering around the small town, Bobby meets Grace (Jennifer Lopez) a young, attractive Latina woman coming out of a local hardware store after purchasing drapes. Bobby takes the gym bag with the money in it, but leaves a pistol in the car trunk. Darrell tells Bobby about the broken radiator line and tells him that it will take about three or four hours to fix. He leaves his car with the local simpleton and grease monkey mechanic Darrell (Billy Bob Thornton).

He drives to the outskirts of the nearist town which is Superior, Arizona.

After the opening credits, his car breaks down when the radiator hose bursts. He has his left hand bandaged and he is transporting a gym bag full of cash to Los Angeles which he owes. Bobby (Sean Penn) is a young drifter driving cross-country in a Ford convertable.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
