Alice learns of her mother's accidental death while travelling in Canada. The body has been repatriated to France at the request of her husband, Alice's father. But he has supposedly been dead for 22 years. Is it really her father? Why would her mother have lied to her?

英国军情六处的前特工雷（克里夫•欧文 饰）转行做了商业间谍。在酒会上，他邂逅了曾在美国中情局工作的特工克莱尔（茱莉亚•罗伯茨 饰）。不过，克莱尔却装作不认识，这勾起了他的好奇。终于，雷依靠软磨硬泡，拉克莱尔去开房。没想到，却被对方下药迷倒，还偷走了他的重要文件。原来，此时的克莱尔已经做了竞争对手公司的间谍。这令如梦初醒的雷非常愤怒。在一次接头任务中，雷再次见到克莱尔的身影，于是不顾命令，拦住了她，结果他意外发现她恰恰就是接头人。虽然因为他的鲁莽，这场碰头不欢而散，但是这两人的纠缠却并未结束，因为他们先后卷入了两家竞争公司的明争暗斗之中，为了窃取商业情报，两人大打出手，互相斗法，并在其中擦出了爱情的火花……

The movie follows Fela Blackburn, whose life is shattered when she loses her husband, Rodney Blackburn, at the hands of a police officer. Determined to get to the bottom of the incident and seek justice, she leans on her best friend, Marley Wells, who is a lawyer, and her husband, Tony Wells, who is a former cop turned private investigator, to use their influence to find the truth. But as the truth unfolds, Fela learns that her entire world is rooted in lies and betrayal.