Long before Butch and Sundance or Bonnie and Clyde, there was Will Plunkett and James Macleane -- a pair of notorious and irreverent highwayman who terrorized English aristocracy in the mid 1700's.Reuniting the stars of the hit movie Trainspotting, Plunkett (Robert Carlyle) and Macleane (Johnny Lee Miller) combine forces to steal from the rich using Plunkett's street sense and Macleane's society connections.But their partnership as highwaymen hits a bump in the road when Macleane falls in love with one of their victims -- a beautiful and rebellious young aristocrat named Rebecca (Liv Tyler).With the law closing in, Plunkett and Macleane find they must choose between robbery and romance.