In the dark landscape of the Mississippi Delta, a bare knuckle cage fighter seeks to repay his debts in a final, desperate attempt to salvage the family home of his dying foster mother....
After committing a series of multiple murders, a neurologist visits an incarcerated killer, living in exile. She studies him and his brain and discovers the horror that lurks behind his violent impuls...
教授格雷迪（迈克尔·道格拉斯 Michael Douglas 饰）曾经被尊称为“奇迹小子”，因为他7年前出版的小说如此优秀，在文坛上轰动一时。这表面看来是一件好事，却让格雷迪背上了沉重的思想包袱，他害怕自己的新作品落差太大，于是一直把它压在箱底，不敢发表。如今，妻子已经离他而去，他有一个情人萨拉（弗兰西斯·麦克多蒙德 Frances McDormand 饰）。这个情人，是他的校长，同时也是上司的妻...