Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a down and out miner. However, upon his discovery of an oil well he begin's to transform into a ruthless and wealthy oil tycoon, buying up plot's of land that offer up the black gold. Upon hearing of a small Californian town that has a wealth of oil field's not yet tappedm he set's out with his adopted son H.W (Dillion Freasier) whom he use's to portray a hard working family man image. With the more wealth Plainview gain's, the more his true sadistic self begin's to rear it's ugly head.

Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a down and out miner. However, upon his discovery of an oil well he begin's to transform into a ruthless and wealthy oil tycoon, buying up plot's of land that offer up the black gold. Upon hearing of a small Californian town that has a wealth of oil field's not yet tappedm he set's out with his adopted son H.W (Dillion Freasier) whom he use's to portray a hard working family man image. With the more wealth Plainview gain's, the more his true sadistic self begin's to rear it's ugly head.

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