艾萨卡(理查·基尔 Richard Gere 饰)是一位非常著名的精神病学家,某日,他接待了一位名叫狄安娜(乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰)的患者,就此认识了狄安娜的姐姐海瑟(金·贝辛格 Kim Basinger 饰)。美艳不可方物的海瑟很快就令艾萨卡坠入了情网之中无法自拔,然而海瑟已经嫁为人妇,她的丈夫吉米(埃里克·罗伯茨 Eric Roberts 饰)是一个性格非常差劲的男人,动不动就对海瑟拳脚相加,艾萨卡虽然心疼海瑟的境遇,但也束手无策。 某日,海瑟在和吉米的争执之中一怒之下误杀了吉米,锒铛入狱,艾萨卡决定利用自己对于精神病学的了解为海瑟辩护,然而,随着调查的深入,艾萨卡开始怀疑,事件的真相是否和海瑟所言一致。
A cop (Roberts) tries to bust a gang of teenage gun dealers. In the process he catches only one and tries to charge him with a number of offences but fails since the gang member is underage. One by one the youth's friends start turning up dead. It is up to Dylan (Roberts), and his partner to save the youth from the same fate as the rest of his gang.
Edward Dunstan is an artist obsessed by his muse. Every photograph and every movie conveyed the same meaning What he wanted to see. His muse waited in vain for him to see her as she was, but he could not. And so, like the mermaid in his latest movie who grew legs and left him, so does his muse. For months his days and nights are filled with watching her on the screen. His anger turns to self-pity... turns to acceptance... Only now does he understand what he put her through. When his latest letter to her is returned, he binds himself in chains and climbs into the very tank of water his muse spent many unhappy hours.