故事讲述主人公DCI Jane Tennison（海伦·米伦 Helen Mirren 饰演）调查一系列的连环谋杀案，与嫌犯斗智斗勇在男性主导的职场脱颖而出。

故事讲述主人公DCI Jane Tennison（海伦·米伦 Helen Mirren 饰演）调查一系列的连环谋杀案，与嫌犯斗智斗勇在男性主导的职场脱颖而出。

在五十年代的冷战期，非美活动调查委员会，用各种方法追查美国电影圈的共党同路人，并逼迫电影人出卖别人的姓名，不合作者就不断阻挠他的工作机会，最后发生了著名的十君子事件。本片就是根据这个历史事件拍摄而成。罗伯特·德尼洛饰演好莱坞名导演大卫·梅瑞尔，他在强大压力下仍不肯背叛朋友提供名单，呼应他的是名导演马丁·斯科塞斯饰演的另一位导演乔，他因不肯向非美委员会屈服而选择了流浪生活。

在五十年代的冷战期，非美活动调查委员会，用各种方法追查美国电影圈的共党同路人，并逼迫电影人出卖别人的姓名，不合作者就不断阻挠他的工作机会，最后发生了著名的十君子事件。本片就是根据这个历史事件拍摄而成。罗伯特·德尼洛饰演好莱坞名导演大卫·梅瑞尔，他在强大压力下仍不肯背叛朋友提供名单，呼应他的是名导演马丁·斯科塞斯饰演的另一位导演乔，他因不肯向非美委员会屈服而选择了流浪生活。

Three professional women have disappeared from a small New England town in a period of just 18 months. Sheriff Nickie Welles, who has learned that state budget cutbacks will soon eliminate her job, is determined to find out who's behind these terrible crimes. In an act of desperation, Nickie asks James Hart, a local psychic, to help solve this tragic mystery before her tenure comes to an end. However, Detective Sandra Franks, Nickie's lover, believes James is a fake and that her girlfriend is in over her head. James has problems of his own. Troubled by a sleep disorder, he checks himself into a hospital where he meets an oversexed nurse who will become the next victim of these mysterious crimes. James suspects someone is out to frame him. Could it be Sandra? Ultimately their investigation will uncover a terrible secret that will bring Nickie, James and Sandra to the brink. From award winning documentary filmmaker Christopher Ward.

1983年夏，北方某省城。十年动乱中因杀人嫌疑而被送往新疆劳改的原省委书记高长河的警卫员丁鹏刑满释放回来，他在市医院找到与他离婚多年的前妻刘小娣，但刘小娣不久将出国探亲，拒绝见他。丁鹏来到高长河夫人黄群家，忽然发现电视屏幕上省委秘书长欧阳智正发表讲话。他不等与黄群见面，便悄然离去。侦察员小张奉欧阳智之命对丁鹏进行监视。丁鹏为了找回他存放在刘小娣那里的一个笔记本，来到刘小娣家，可笔记本已不翼而飞。当刘小娣的丈夫陈风医生下班回家时，发现刘小娣已死在床上。公安人员的视线立刻集中到丁鹏身上，一个神秘人物也在暗中跟踪丁鹏……

1983年夏，北方某省城。十年动乱中因杀人嫌疑而被送往新疆劳改的原省委书记高长河的警卫员丁鹏刑满释放回来，他在市医院找到与他离婚多年的前妻刘小娣，但刘小娣不久将出国探亲，拒绝见他。丁鹏来到高长河夫人黄群家，忽然发现电视屏幕上省委秘书长欧阳智正发表讲话。他不等与黄群见面，便悄然离去。侦察员小张奉欧阳智之命对丁鹏进行监视。丁鹏为了找回他存放在刘小娣那里的一个笔记本，来到刘小娣家，可笔记本已不翼而飞。当刘小娣的丈夫陈风医生下班回家时，发现刘小娣已死在床上。公安人员的视线立刻集中到丁鹏身上，一个神秘人物也在暗中跟踪丁鹏……

Three professional women have disappeared from a small New England town in a period of just 18 months. Sheriff Nickie Welles, who has learned that state budget cutbacks will soon eliminate her job, is determined to find out who's behind these terrible crimes. In an act of desperation, Nickie asks James Hart, a local psychic, to help solve this tragic mystery before her tenure comes to an end. However, Detective Sandra Franks, Nickie's lover, believes James is a fake and that her girlfriend is in over her head. James has problems of his own. Troubled by a sleep disorder, he checks himself into a hospital where he meets an oversexed nurse who will become the next victim of these mysterious crimes. James suspects someone is out to frame him. Could it be Sandra? Ultimately their investigation will uncover a terrible secret that will bring Nickie, James and Sandra to the brink. From award winning documentary filmmaker Christopher Ward.

一天傍晚，中学语文老师林文在回家路上搭载了班上四名女生，但当晚其中一名女生在荒郊被害遇难。林文被认定为头号嫌疑犯，随即被抓捕，但之后由于证据不足便被释放。然而，整个社会对他的审判才刚刚开始，他的家庭也遭遇着前所未有的危机，而唯一解决问题的办法，就是亲自抓到凶手。

一天傍晚，中学语文老师林文在回家路上搭载了班上四名女生，但当晚其中一名女生在荒郊被害遇难。林文被认定为头号嫌疑犯，随即被抓捕，但之后由于证据不足便被释放。然而，整个社会对他的审判才刚刚开始，他的家庭也遭遇着前所未有的危机，而唯一解决问题的办法，就是亲自抓到凶手。