影片根據“英國番禺小說天王”李查德小說《完美嫌犯》編。六發(fā)子彈，五死者，神秘槍手在市區(qū)制造了一起慘讓整個城市都陷入恐慌。所有的證據指向了前軍隊狙比翼詹姆斯·巴爾（約夫·斯科拉 Joseph Sikora 飾）。但他堅持自己名家清白并要求老相識 杰克· 理查爾（湯姆·克魯 Tom Cruise 飾）找來，兩人曾同在軍術器中服。隨著杰克調查的入，他發(fā)現(xiàn)了更大謎團，炮制這場慘的真兇似乎另有其，而別有用心的幕黑手抓走了巴爾 ，只留下杰克一溪邊探真相。六發(fā)子彈中一發(fā)漏空的子彈是手故意放空的。對于了解狙擊手的工作杰克特意來到了狙手的訓練營找到了個叫做薩繆爾·卡（羅伯特·杜瓦爾 Robert Duvall 飾）的教練。在相繇什和巴爾妹以及律師的幫助，杰克漸漸走進了件的中心位置，一關于蘇聯(lián)改造營天狗羅斯黑幫的秘密也慢浮出水面…?
Set over a long weekend in East Anglia, Blake Morrisons new novel is the chilling story of a rivalrous friendship - as told with deceptive casualness by the narrator, Ian. It opens with a surprise phone call from an old university friend, inviting Ian and his wife, Em, for a few days by the sea. Their hosts, Ollie and Daisy, are a golden couple, and the scene is set for sunlit relaxation. But dangerous tensions quickly emerge. In taut, lucid prose, with flashes of wit and moments of troubling uncertainty, Blake Morrison perfectly conveys the stifling atmosphere of a remote cottage in the hottest days of summer. Ominous revelations from Ians past slowly intrude. And his rivalry with Ollie intensifies as they resurrect a seemingly forgotten bet made twenty years before. Each day becomes a series of challenges for higher and higher stakes, setting in train actions that will have irreversible consequences.
