科妮(罗姗娜·阿奎特 Rosanna Arquette 饰)是博迪(桑德拉·布洛克 Sandra Bullock 饰)最要好的朋友,在一场电视访谈中,她竟然大谈特谈自己和博迪的丈夫比尔(迈克尔·帕尔 Michael Paré 饰)之间的奸情,而之后,比尔也在电视节目中承认了自己的不忠,一怒之下,博迪带着女儿波尼斯(梅·惠特曼 Mae Whitman 饰)回到了母亲位于得克萨斯州的老家。
虽然是比尔有错在先,但博迪却遭到了众人的嘲笑和白眼,大家都很乐意看到曾经高高在上的校花在婚姻中灰头土脸的样子。在老家,博迪见到了自己的初恋情人贾斯汀(小哈里·康尼克 Harry Connick Jr. 饰),在博迪最黑暗的日子里,是贾斯汀给她带来了一丝丝的温暖。
Plot follows Kris Chaney who, after being released from prison, embarks on a perilous mission to fulfill an old promise but finds himself in danger when he kidnaps Elisa, the daughter of a powerful gangster. Her father, Vincent, puts out a call to the entire criminal underworld to bring her back alive. El Corvo, a psychopathic killer, joins the hunt not for the money but for his own vendetta against Vincent’s family. Kris must evade both Elisa’s powerful father and a ruthless killer bent on revenge to live long enough to tell Elisa the full story that has been hidden from her.