根據(jù)布克獎(jiǎng)得主Pat Barker的小說《Border Crossing》(越界)改編，Bette Gordon的這部心理恐怖片講述了一位犯罪心理學(xué)家因?yàn)槔⒕卧诙嗄曛髮?duì)一樁舊案展開重新調(diào)查的故事。男主角(由Josh Charles所飾)因?yàn)樘峁┑淖C詞，而使一名年輕男孩被冠上謀殺罪并送進(jìn)監(jiān)獄。滿懷愧疚的他，在多年后再次與男孩不期而遇。于是無法忍受內(nèi)心折磨的他，展開了一系列對(duì)于舊案極具破壞性的追查...
　　Based on Border Crossing, Booker Prize-winner Pat Barker’s controversial novel, Bette Gordon’s (Variety) psychological thriller is the story of a guilt-wracked forensic psychologist (Josh Charles) whose testimony once sent a young boy to prison for murder. When the boy later reappears in his life, he’s drawn into a destructive, soul-searching reinvestigation of the case.