A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his former neighbor, a right-wing ex-con.

莎拉·乔丹（安吉丽娜·朱莉 Angelina Jolie饰）是一位过着令人艳羡的上流生活的社会名媛，她的丈夫也是事业有成的实业家。杯觥交错的生活，原本可以一直这样富有安逸的过下去，直到她在一次慈善晚宴上邂逅了一生挚爱尼克·卡拉汉（克里夫·欧文 Clive Owen饰）——终生致力于人道主义救援的医生