A bit of color for once, all the better to see the red flags with, not to mention the obvious aerial file footage of Warsaw. The story concerns Jozef Malesa, the mason or bricklayer of the title. He was once the darling of the party, the son of two old party activists, a worker of heroic reputation, his own commitment to The Movement unquestioned. He was chosen to be destined for great things, specially educated and pushed forward to positions of responsibility in the Party. Eventually he decides, because of the ethical pressures which he feels from the obstructionism of the bureaucracy from above, he asks to return to be a simple bricklayer. He is disturbed with the way the Party deals with people, especially their lack of direct contact. He thinks workers know better than the leadership many times but that's not the way power flows. He is uncomfortable with the compromises to his idealism. He remains committed to social justice and joins his friends for the May Day rally where his comfort and confidence in his place in society cause him to defer to no man, certainly no rat faced men in overcoats with red armbands. His great pleasure in life moreover is laying brick. He finds the work satisfying and fulfilling which is why he was such an obviously superior worker in the first place.
对于家庭主妇克莱尔(米歇尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer 饰)来说,家对她而言早已经不是温馨和安全的所在了。原来,最近家中发生了一些她无法解释的事情,亦出现了一些让她感到恐惧的影像,而当她向丈夫诺曼(哈里森·福特 Harrison Ford 饰)发出求助信号的时候,诺曼并不相信妻子所说的那些听上去无比荒唐的话语。
发生的更多怪事让克莱尔坚信,有一个幽灵侵入了她平静正常的生活,而那个神出鬼没的幽灵似乎有求于克莱尔。随着时间的流逝,幽灵的真实身份渐渐浮出水面,而让克莱尔吃惊的是,这个幽灵竟和自己的丈夫诺曼有着丝丝缕缕的联系。幽灵究竟想要怎样?丈夫是否如表面上看上去的那样清白?透过心中的迷雾,克莱尔似乎明白了什么。
波士顿,一位深受爱戴的牧师神秘被杀,子弹交错穿过脑壳,死相极为惨烈,传言处刑人所为。负责此案的依旧是警察格林利、达菲和多利,但他们对此一筹莫展。幸有智慧性感的FBI特工尤妮斯・布鲁姆(朱莉·本茨 Julie Benz 饰)破解了处刑人的杀人手法。因10年前波士顿血案,异卵双生兄弟康纳(肖恩·派特里克·弗兰纳里 Sean Patrick Flanery 饰)和墨菲(诺曼·瑞杜斯 Norman Reedus 饰),随领袖父亲诺亚(比利·康诺利 Billy Connolly 饰)隐居在爱尔兰的乡村。此案一出,两兄弟削发明志,重新出山。期间,他们收服了墨西哥人罗密欧(小克利夫顿·克林斯 Clifton Collins Jr. 饰)。后者凭借机灵的头脑、出众的拳脚,战胜了人高马大的对手。虽然将对手置于死地有些残酷,但是兄弟俩觉得对味,并设计拉他入伙。这组搭档与美女特工都踏上征讨处刑人的危险之旅……