在这部共犯剧情/惊悚片中,军情五处的间谍惊悚片,complicit探索了加强反恐战争下的道德困境，一名军情五处的特工爱德华怀疑一个名叫瓦利德的穆斯林将蓖麻毒素通过爆过运至伦敦制造恐怖活动，他跟踪瓦利德的邮件，最终掌握了一点证据将瓦利德困在埃及。然而由于缺乏切实证据就对瓦利德进行虐待，这让瓦利德心存怨恨而向媒体披露该事件，而爱德华也受到此事影响，最终被体制牺牲被罢职。
Complicit follows the trail of Edward(David Oyelowo) an MI5 officer desperate to foil what he believes is another 7/7 style atrocity planned by British terror suspect Waleed (Arsher Ali) despite the lack of any conclusive evidence. Edward, confronted by the key moral dilemma of our time, is forced into choosing between two morally devastating outcomes.
