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.
杰瑞（杰克·科爾森 Jack Nicholson 飾）是一位精明強(qiáng)的警官，在他職期間，一樁常惡劣的幼女殺案轟動(dòng)了整業(yè)界。在死去女孩的母親的烈哀求之下，瑞加班加點(diǎn)的查案件的各種索，終于在結(jié)之前逮捕了名托比（本尼西·德?tīng)枴ね辛_ Benicio Del Toro 飾）的嫌犯。最終，托被判有罪鋃鐺獄。 雖然案件看似告終，但杰瑞內(nèi)心里始終覺(jué)有一些不對(duì)勁他來(lái)到了案發(fā)內(nèi)達(dá)華州的一小鎮(zhèn)內(nèi)，買(mǎi)下路邊的一間加站，駐扎在此繼續(xù)尋找線索在此過(guò)程中，結(jié)識(shí)了單身母洛瑞（羅賓·特 Robin Wright 飾）和她的女兒?
