在这部黑蝴蝶惊悚片中,保羅是一名陷入瓶頸的電影編劇,被老婆拋棄之後,他發現自己已經江郎才盡,甚麼都寫不出來。他被迫得賣掉一棟舊農舍來維持生活,但根本找不到買家。
在一次的餐廳爭執中,他結識了一名身手了得的陌生人─傑克,兩人相談甚歡,保羅甚至邀請傑克來幫他修理農舍並提供免費住宿,但傑克的行為舉止越來越古怪,不僅要求他寫一個關於兩人生活的故事,甚至限制他的行動,直到故事完成為止。這個詭異的陌生人究竟是誰?有甚麼目的?
Outside a mountain town grappling with a series of abductions and murders, Paul (Antonio Banderas), a reclusive writer, struggles to start what he hopes will be a career-saving screenplay. After a tense encounter at a diner with a drifter named Jack (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), Paul offers Jack a place to stay-and soon the edgy, demanding Jack muscles his way into Paul's work and the two men begin a jagged game of one-upmanship that will bring at least one tale to an end.
乏味的人生需要点刺激。谁是真凶?。