John Grady Cole and his friend Lacey Rawlins are two young men in search of adventure, heading south into Mexico the two men find work as horse wranglers, but, when John begins an affair with the ranch owner's daughter, events take a dark and potentially tragic turn. All The Pretty Horses is a fine and, at heart, old fashioned tale, directed by Billy Bob Thornton and taken from Cormac McCarthy's bestselling novel.