被丈夫抛弃的现实凯西（詹妮弗·康纳利 Jennifer Connelly 饰）倍受打击，日韩每一天，日韩只有在酒精的麻醉之下，她才能抵挡内心所遭受的痛苦的煎熬。这样的凯西日渐消沉下去，对自己和周遭发生的任何事情都不再关心，直到有一天，她收到了来自地方治安官的通知，她所住的房屋即将因为欠税被公开拍卖，而凯西竟对此毫不知情。艾米尔（本·金斯利 Ben Kingsley 饰）一家人成为了凯西的房子的新主人，当他们怀揣着对未来的美好憧憬准备入住之时，面前出现的却是一个暴怒而又神经质的疯癫女人。一个人为了保护自己的家庭，一个人为了保护自己的回忆，当这两个人站在对立面之时，善恶已经无法再被明确的分辨，只知道，悲剧近在眼前。
回复 :Charles Burnett, one of America's most highly regarded independent filmmakers, wrote and directed this domestic drama about a black middle-class family living in South central Los Angeles. However, there are no gangs, no guns, no drugs but instead a lyrical story that draws on folklore and the supernatural.family tensions are already simmering when Harry (Danny Glover) arrives to visit his old friends. He exudes an easy charm, knows secret past and present and is soon installed in the heart of the family. However, as his stay lengthens, so does he begin to cast an even more malevolent spell, provoking turmoil, setting son against son, reviving past hatreds, and inflicting a mysterious illness.Glover delivers a career-topping performance as the garrulous family friend, full of hidden menace, effortlessly evoking nostalgia and horror in the same breath.As ever, Burnett provides a wonderful music track featuring gospel, blues and jazz and a cameo from the legendary Jimmy Weatherspoon.'A slow-burning, soul-insinuating, 12-bar blues of a movie.' Tom Charity, Time Out'Danny Glover is marvellous, and terrifying, as a charismatic old-timer.' The Times(from the description on the back cover of the DVD)
回复 :山姆?斯塔泽克和警校毕业生，毕业后与养父一样当上了警察。刚参加工作不久，就发生了一连串警察被杀事件，而凶手看上去都象是普通市民。尽管他非常痛恨这种冷血杀戮行为，却不愿意使用自己特殊的“才能”去阻止犯罪的发生。然而，当他的搭档被杀后，他不得不使用自己的“才能”了。通过对凶手尸体的解剖，他发现有人在做一种疯狂的外科手术，通过在人的耳鼓上刺微孔达到对人的控制目的，把他们变成杀手。现在，山姆必须争分夺秒挖出这个幕后人，不然就会有更多的警察遇害。
回复 :贷款主任艾丽斯欠下一笔债项无力偿还，唯有出卖女人天赋本钱来还债，她遇上洗黑钱大鳄般奴，他对艾丽斯的殷勤服务大起疑心，于是派遣保镖东尼摸她的底。东尼本身是联邦密探卧底，他威胁艾丽斯协助他收集般奴的犯罪证据。般奴一直蒙在鼓里，藉着艾丽斯的工作关系方便协助他洗黑钱，派遣他的亲密女友维珍妮亚开设户口，维珍妮亚与艾丽斯一见面，迅即打得火热，二人很快便搭上，艾丽斯更坠进一个致命陷阱。