《园丁》讲述了埃尔默和他控制欲极强的母亲拉希纳·茹拉多的故事。茹拉多经营着一个花园中心,背后隐藏着另一项蓬勃发展的地下雇佣谋杀生意。杀人对埃尔默来说轻而易举,一场事故让他变得麻木不仁。然而,在策划谋杀迷人的幼儿园老师维奥莱特时,他爱上了对方。埃尔默必须学会爱,而他的母亲则想尽一切办法结束维奥莱特的生命。
Upper-middle class teen brothers and their newly-met stepsister take a road trip to the Mexico-U.S. border in a tense revenge journey to track down the man responsible for the accident that caused their father's death.