丹尼尔前身是参加伊拉克战争的士兵，如今是世界闻名的艺术家，而且还是个间谍。他将自己的作品展览在肖恩的美术馆里，而肖恩聘请了莫妮卡担任馆长。莫妮卡被丹尼尔的才华深深吸引，势必要跟这位神一样的艺术家见上一面，可遭到肖恩多方面的拦阻。某晚，莫妮卡得知接近丹尼尔的方法之后，跟丹尼尔去到他的公寓里。期间她得知丹尼尔前半生的军人生活，无辜的小孩米卡在战场上的不幸给丹尼尔留下了阴影。正当莫妮卡感概米卡的不幸时，她发现了一张丹尼尔拿着枪站在死去的米卡身边的照片，细思恐极的她不知如何判断这位一直崇拜的艺术家。就在此时，丹尼尔的老战友罗伯特来访。自此掀起了一场间谍之间的战争……

　　故事设定在20世纪50年代在意大利托斯卡纳一处偏僻的别墅。艾米莉亚·克拉克在片中饰演一名叫Verena的护士，被聘来照顾因失去生母而不再开口说话的少年继承人，希望帮助他恢复沟通。
　　但随着Verena对少主的一步步观察，她开始发现不妥，似乎有一种强大而诡秘的诅咒在控制着这个小孩子，而这份诅咒正是来自别墅中的一面石墙。

　　精神科医生试图在暴力攻击后，通过寻求修复一个新病人的生活，使他的生活恢复在一起，但他有自己的可怕的历史。

　　Hayley Udall tries to make ends meet for herself and her 14 year-old daughter while providing alimony for a horrible ex-husband. She wishes her problems with her ex could go away, and upon venting her frustrations one night, finds herself tangled up in a pact with two people (Melanie and Kevin) to "eliminate" each other's problems. It seemed innocent wishful thinking before, but as people end up dead-including Hayley's ex-husband-Hayley is trapped to fulfill the pact or risk taking the fall for murder. She tries to clear her name but the police (led by Detective Marks) is eyeing her for her ex-husband's death as well as others. Then Melanie abducts Hayley's daughter as leverage for Hayley to follow through and kill one last person. With Detective Marks trying to find the truth, Hayley must hurry to save her daughter and find a way to avoid murder.

　　故事围绕驻扎伊拉克的两名士兵展开，队友受伤，神秘狙击手的穷追不舍，矮墙铸成最后一道生命线。两人将何去何存？一场猫鼠游戏在所难免。