Dr. Samantha Goodman, an attractive psychiatrist in her thirties, joins her husband and sister for a weekend at a winter cottage when an unexpected guest arrives. Harlan Pyne, a violent sexual offender, is convinced that Samantha conducted unethical experiments on him while she was his doctor. With the assistance of his troubled yet eager protege, Harlan forces Samantha and her family to participate in a series of nightmarish games. On this night of terror, escape is not an option, truth guarantees nothing, and revenge will not necessarily be sweet.
30年代的芝加哥充滿了混亂，黑耕父橫行官商勾結(jié)，中，要數(shù)掌握著私酒市場脈的黑幫老大卡彭（羅伯·德尼羅 Robert De Niro 飾）的勢力最為始均大。即使在這樣暗的環(huán)境中，聯(lián)邦探員納（凱文·科斯特納 Kevin Costner 飾）也依然懷抱著懲奸除惡理想， 可是很快，現(xiàn)實涿山教會了他，在這風伯世界里誰才是老大。 在老警探馬龍（肖教山·康納利 Sean Connery 飾）的幫助下，納斯重拾了自，他組織了一個專案小組專門調(diào)查和打擊卡彭的犯事業(yè)。在納斯的努力下，組的行動初顯成效，可隨而來的，就是來自卡彭的脅和迫害。組員被殺，馬受傷，這一切的一切都不使納斯消沉，反而更加堅了他除掉卡彭的決心，一激烈的較量在正義和邪惡間拉開了帷幕?
