童年時(shí)代的悲遭遇讓邁克爾瑞安·雷諾茲 Ryan Reynolds 飾)和父親查斯(威廉·達(dá) Willem Dafoe 飾)之間有著深的隔閡,如已經(jīng)是一位知小說家的邁克剛剛完成了一名叫《花園里螢火蟲》的小,這本小說記了他童年的全傷痛。 母親麗莎(朱莉婭·伯茨 Julia Roberts 飾)終于完成大學(xué)的喜讓邁克爾回到家鄉(xiāng),這里有所熟悉的一切亦有讓他痛苦已的往昔。不的是,當(dāng)邁克踏進(jìn)家門之時(shí)等待著他的卻母親在車禍中幸喪生的噩耗看著悲痛的父,邁克爾開始新思考起親情意義。對(duì)于邁爾的新書,父暴跳如雷,他它看作是兒子于自己的控訴矛盾重新在父兩人之間爆發(fā)來?
Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game dubbed 'Beyond The Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.