A movie director is approached by his old math teacher with a great movie idea: the Devil declares that the Earth is hell. The director rejects the idea, but subsequent events in the life of a writer, a friend of the director's, and a young prostitute he loves seem to prove the math teacher's idea....
Back in the mid 1900's Mexico was proud to have more world boxing champions in the small categories, than any other Country. Boxing was perhaps one of the few opportunities where a typical low income Mexican(75% of the population)could have success in life. Kids started boxing in their ghettos, a few of them made it to the Pro's and an even fewer amount got to be famous and earn good money from it. Those that got to the top soon found out that suddenly they had a great amount of people that surrounded them and helped them spend their money. But immersed in their new life styles they could never leave their origins and find a better future for them. This is what "Campeon sin Corona" tries to convey; a boxer that even when he has succeeded can not live up to his new status and prefers to be the same loser he was in his earlier years. There may not be in the Mexican Movies Industry a picture that better displays the way of thinking and acting of the vast majority of Mexicans of the 20th Century....
迈克(马特•达蒙 Matt Damon 饰)是一个法律系二年级的学生,但他却因为一次跟赌场老板泰迪(约翰•马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰)的赌博输掉了所有的积蓄。在朋友克尼什(约翰•特托罗 John Turturro 饰)劝慰下,迈克立下誓言,从此不碰赌博。不过,他还是在教授的牌局上露了一手,技惊四座。在接老朋友虫子(爱德华•诺顿 Edward Norton 饰)出狱的时候,迈克违背了自己的誓言,重出江湖。为了帮助虫子,他甚至延误了模拟法庭的实习。此后,女友乔发现了迈克涉赌的证据,与他分手,这令他非常沮丧。迈克在虫子的怂恿下,接连参与赌局。事后,却发现自己被虫子摆了一道,欠下了巨款。他找到虫子,后者在被逼之下吐露了实情:原来虫子被凶悍的债主逼得走投无路。为了友情,他接受了债主苛刻的条件,但是却陷入了更加艰难的困境……...