故事發(fā)生在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)結(jié)束之后，戰(zhàn)爭給克里夫特查泰來爵士（詹姆斯·諾頓 James Norton 飾）帶來了永久的創(chuàng)傷，亦給他同妻子康妮（荷麗黛·格蘭杰 Holliday Grainger 是）之間的婚姻造成了無法彌補的缺憾。無奈之下，年輕的康妮只能終日生活在壓抑之下。 　　一次偶然中，康妮邂逅了名為帕爾金（理查德·麥登 Richard Madden 飾）的男子，后者是查泰來爵士雇傭的園丁?？的轃o法自持的被體格壯碩充滿了男子氣概的帕爾金吸引著，兩人天雷勾地火，很快走到了一起，在帕爾金強壯蠻橫的肉體之中，康妮重新找回了身為女人的意義和快樂。然而，好景不長，就在康妮懷上了帕爾金的孩子之后，帕爾金的妻子現(xiàn)身揭露了他們兩人的奸情。

　　January is forced to return home after six years traveling abroad. A near-fatal accident has left her temporarily wheelchair bound and depleted of her long-term memory. She is accompanied by her boyfriend 'Callum' whom she met whilst traveling. He was also the driver in the fateful accident. Not only has she forgotten her family, but her childhood as well and is surprised to discover that her home is a stately manor in the middle of the country-side. As January tries to settle in, she finds herself becoming even more estranged from her family, who just want their daughter back. The trouble is, she cannot remember who that daughter was, or why she ran away in the first place. Desperate to discover why she left all those years ago and with Callum's help, she sets out to find the truth. They soon discover the family are not as loving as they seem to be. Was there a dark reason why she left them in the first place?

　　洛杉磯警察湯姆·羅德（基努·里維斯 Keanu Reeves 飾）作風(fēng)驃悍，勇猛果敢，經(jīng)常和隊友不顧警察條例而對嫌疑犯暴力相向。他們的做法令不法分子既恐懼又憎恨，同時也受到同僚的指摘。憑借隊長杰克·沃德（福里斯特·惠特克 Forest Whitaker 飾）的關(guān)照，湯姆我行我素，不為所動。
　　泰倫斯·華盛頓（Terry Crews 飾）是湯姆的昔日搭檔，他奉命調(diào)查湯姆暴力執(zhí)法的問題。某晚，泰倫斯遭到兩個戴面具之人的殺害，根據(jù)現(xiàn)場遺留下來的證據(jù)，湯姆便成了頭號嫌疑犯。幾經(jīng)周折，他和負責(zé)調(diào)查此案的警官保羅·迪斯坎特（Chris Evans 飾）合作，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)這起謀殺案的背后竟然隱藏著驚天的陰謀。與此同時，危險尾隨而至，湯姆必須抓緊時間，為了自由和清白全力奮戰(zhàn)……