警官约翰·荷伯斯(丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰)新近逮捕了一名杀人犯里斯,此人除了在电刑前说了几句奇怪的语言跟留下了一则暗语,并无特别之处。然而荷伯斯很快发现里斯的暗语指向一名三十年前自杀的警察罗伯·米拉诺。与此同时,几起连锁杀人案接连发生,凶手的手段如出一辙,更令人惊异的是每次的受害者即是上一桩凶案的嫌凶。荷伯斯拜访了罗伯之女格瑞坦,对方劝诫荷伯斯放弃调查。里斯的留言终...
In 1963, eighteen-year-old Patricia Weir is kidnapped and brutally raped. Committed to putting her attacker, Ernesto Miranda, in prison, Patty's life is destroyed by America's legal system as ...