艾克(理查?基爾 Richard Gere 飾)是一名專欄記者，他的妻子就是頭上司。然而，這并沒有給帶來多少好運氣，相反，和子性格不合離婚后，因這層系艾克過得更加抑郁。一次然，艾克在酒吧里聽聞了馬蘭州一名女子瑪琪(朱莉婭?羅伯茨 Julia Roberts 飾)三次踏上紅地毯時臨陣思士逃的故事。他對件事深感興趣，并將那父寫成專欄。 當(dāng)艾克去到實地采訪當(dāng)時山人時，沒想到人們普鮮山他的做法感到很憤怒。而即第四次踏上紅地毯的事件淑士公瑪琪因為看了艾克的專欄大感尷尬，第四次臨陣逃將苑瑪琪認(rèn)為是艾克害慘了自己決定以牙還牙?
The town of Westbrick is a rough place to live in. It is here that the young rookie cop Matthew lives with his wife. Meanwhile, notorious serial killers Billy and Barbara embark on a killing spree in order to get notoriety. Matthew gets his first assignment with his much older partner William when he unfortunately crosses paths with Billy and Barbara. William gets killed in the line of duty by Billy and Barbara but that's not enough for them: they torture and brutally murder Matthew's wife. Things get even worse for young Matthew when he loses his job, being wrongfully blamed for William's death and now charged with murder. Matthew finds himself isolated; there is no reason to count on a corrupt legal system and even less of a chance of being found innocent. He goes on a rampage for vengeance and slowly turns into a mad psychopath just like Billy and Barbara.
