When Maggie Dolan - Young, who works in a legal aid center in Chicago, hears here father Frank Dolan is in mortal danger, she returns after years to her birthplace, Hidden Lake; he recently retired as sheriff and apparently shot himself deer-hunting, but an autopsy shows he was murdered. Then she learns from reporter Zach Roth that dad was suspected of prisoner abuse. Her best ......
Twin babies are separated at birth. The girl grows up in a middle class environment, her brother in a street gang. Twelve years later, their paths cross again and they discover their common destiny, imposed upon them by the adults. It is the beginning of an exciting journey to the discovery of their roots and their independence, but neither of them is able to escape the past.........
故事发生是北爱独立战争期间。英国士兵乔迪（福里斯特·惠特克 Forest Whitaker 饰）在阿尔马遭到了北爱共和军的绑架，共和军企图用他来交换被英军扣押的俘虏。看守乔迪的是弗格斯（斯蒂芬·瑞 Stephen Rea 饰），他的内心对杀戮和战争感到迷失和无奈，对乔迪的遭遇感到恻隐与同情，他们成了好朋友。共和军最终没换来俘虏，上头要求弗格斯处决乔迪，弗格斯暗中放走了他。乔迪走前交给弗格斯一张他女朋友迪尔的照片，告诉弗格斯可以去伦敦找他的女朋友迪尔。
不料乔迪逃走时却误被来袭击的英军坦克轧死了，早已厌倦了战争的弗格斯逃到了伦敦，化名吉米。他在伦敦找到了迪尔，被她深深吸引，后来在旅馆时却发现她是男儿身。此时爱尔兰共和军传来消息，他们已经判了弗格斯死刑，他们要求弗格斯去执行一次同归于尽的任务！</p>...
