After a random school shootout leaves a scientist's daughter and the shooter dead, he uses nano-robots to look into a psychopath's memories to find reasons for violence and a way to treat it.
民主党总统安德鲁(迈克尔·道格拉斯 Michael Douglas 饰)正在准备竞选连任,他准备颁布一项犯罪控制法案,一旦法案通过,安德鲁的连任便是板上钉钉的事情了。法国总统携夫人来到哥伦比亚特区进行外交访问,本来打算陪同安德鲁前往的表妹生病不能成行,于是安德鲁想到了之前有求于他的环境保护志愿者悉妮(安妮特·贝宁 Annette Bening 饰),两人交换了条件决定结伴出席国宴。
让安德鲁没有想到的是,自己竟然被悉妮大大咧咧的个性深深吸引,情不自禁坠入情网,而两人的情事,不巧被安德鲁的竞争对手鲍勃(理查德·德莱福斯 Richard Dreyfuss 饰),利用其大做文章,尽情诋毁二人。
两名高等法院的法官遭杀手谋杀,法学院高材生达比(朱莉娅•罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)随后开始调查此案,起草一份该案的报告,名为《塘鹅报告》。达比找到了记者格兰(丹泽尔•华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰),因为他是最后一名见到其中一名法官的人,希望能得到他的帮助调查此案。一天格兰接到了一个神秘人来电,此人自称知道谁是该案凶手,格兰跟踪到了此人,可惜未能拦下他。
此时,总统暗中命令相关人士不要插手此案。格兰由此起疑,随后调查到了总统和马氏集团关系密切,而且一切证据都表明,马氏与两位法官的死有着千丝万缕的关系!
A murderous religious cult is way-laying travellers and stealing goods in nineteenth century India. As the disappearances mount and trade becomes difficult, the British East India Company is forced to act. But they give the job to an upper-class officer completely out-of-touch with the country rather than the obvious candidate who has been in India for years and well understands the people and culture.
On the surface, Clara Barron seems to have it all a job as an OB-GYN; a great house in LA; and a loving family. But, the one thing Clara doesn't have figured out is her love life. Pressured by a family wedding in Mexico, Clara asks a co-worker to pose as her boyfriend for the weekend festivities,- only to be caught by surprise when her ex- boyfriend (and family favorite) suddenly shows up after disappearing from her life completely. Torn, Clara must decide between going back to the past or open her heart to new and unexpected possibilities.
查尔斯•布朗森(汤姆•哈迪 Tom Hardy 饰)出身于上层社会家庭,从小就具有不可自抑的暴力倾向,布朗森没能像其他人一样完成学业和工作,在1974年结婚后,布朗森因为携枪抢劫邮局而被判入狱七年,至此,布朗森抛弃了自己的本名迈克尔,成为了臭名昭著的英国监狱恶徒。富有表现欲望的布朗森用暴力作为自己成名的途径,在狱中不屈服于任何管教,同时也得到了犯人们的钦佩和媒体的关注,布朗森自诩为“英国最残暴的犯人”,他的监狱生涯就是不断的单人禁闭、不断的更换监狱……布朗森出狱后投身地下拳击界,但不久又再次入狱,监狱暴徒布朗森的故事还在继续…… 本片根据真实故事改编。