他是一個落魄的拳手,曾經(jīng)的輝煌年代早已過去,他也不愿再提,如今他推著一輛超市手推車流浪在街頭,連一個名字都沒有,同伴們給他起了個外號——反復(fù)嚼(塞繆爾·杰克遜 Samuel L. Jackson 飾)艾里克(喬什·哈奈特 Josh Hartnett 飾)是一個不太成功的記者,除了被老板派遣去采訪一些毫無價值的體育新聞外,他一事無成。
一場斗毆將這兩個看似毫無交集的男人聯(lián)系到了一起,艾里克將反復(fù)嚼從小混混的拳腳下救出時也發(fā)現(xiàn)了他驚人的拳擊天賦,他認(rèn)出了這個臟兮兮的老頭竟然就是曾經(jīng)紅極一時的拳擊天才,而在紛繁的傳言中,他早已死于非命。一個得天獨厚的機會近在眼前,艾里克知道,這將是一個多么重量級的新聞報道,而他也將就此一舉成名。
In the Seventeenth Century, in England, the naive and pure Caroline invites her cousin and best friend Barbara Worth to come from London and stay with her a couple of days before her wedding with her beloved bridegroom, the wealthy magistrate Sir Ralph Skelton. The selfish, evil and wicked Barbara uses her beauty and seduces the weak Ralph, who falls in love for her. Caroline calls off the wedding and Barbara marries Ralph. When Barbara loses a jewel inherited from her mother gambling with Lady Henrietta Kingsolver, she pretends to be the famous highway thief Captain Jerry Jackson, recovers her jewels and begins a career of crime, looking for excitement stealing travelers in stagecoaches. When she meets the real Jerry Jackson on the road, she becomes her passionate lover and also a killer. Meanwhile Ralph realizes that he loves Caroline, but it seems to be too late for their life together...
家庭主婦凱特(安吉·迪金森 Angie Dickinson 飾)和丈夫的婚姻生活乏善可陳,兒子皮特又(凱西·戈登 Keith Gordon 飾)終日沉迷于自己的發(fā)明之中。對此她經(jīng)常向艾略特(邁克爾·凱恩 Michael Caine 飾)求助,甚至想引誘這位高大英俊的心理醫(yī)生。一日,凱特在美術(shù)館里偶遇了一名男子,兩人經(jīng)過短暫的相互試探之后很快就干柴烈火起來。激情退卻后的凱特想起了丈夫和兒子,覺得心有愧疚,正當(dāng)她乘坐電梯準(zhǔn)備離開時,被一名戴著墨鏡的奇怪女子殘忍的用剃刀殺死。妓女布雷克(南茜·艾倫 Nancy Allen 飾)目睹了這恐怖的一幕,作為目擊證人的她反而被警方懷疑是殺人兇手。為了洗清嫌疑,她決定深入案件查詢真相,在皮特的幫助下,她很快將嫌疑鎖定在了一個叫做“巴克”的人身上,而這個“巴克” 竟然也是艾略特的病人。這一切是陰謀還是巧合?在布雷克接近真相的同時,巨大的危險也漸漸的離她越來越近。