A cloaked figure slips into an exclusive psychiatric clinic and murders one of the female patients. Meanwhile, various sexuals liaisons are revealed. The mystery killer continues with his massacre: he beheads a nurse with a scythe, pushes a chauffeur into
Will Dormer（阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰）与搭档Hap Eckhart（马丁·唐文 Martin Donovan 饰）来到远离洛杉矶一处日不落的小镇阿拉斯加，调查一名17岁少女被活活殴打致死的案件。阿拉斯加一名女警察llie Burr（希拉里·斯万克 Hilary Swank 饰）对Dormer的办案手法由衷感到敬畏，努力在查案过程中学习。而此刻的多莫其实已经麻烦缠身，他在洛杉矶抓获了一个案件嫌疑人，因为要将其定罪，不得不捏造了假证据，此事已被内务部调查。Hap想向内务部坦诚真相并认为
