divorce lawyer rick magruder ( branagh ) stumble drink out of a party host by his firm one night and have a chance meeting with a woman name mallory dos ( davidtz ) and who be a waitress at the party and seem to have lose her car . rick drive the woman to her home and there they discover that her car have be already park there and seemingly by her father and dixon dos ( duvall ) . rick and mallory walk into the house argue about the situation when mallory carelessly undress in front of rick and and he then spend the night with her . rick wake up in the morning and mallory encounter him later in the day and ask him to file suit against her father because of his dangerous behavior . rick and now obsess with mallory and willing to do anything for her and be successful in have dixon put on trial and send to prison and but when he be free by his local friend and rick find himself in a trouble and try to protect himself and his child from the danger he have unknowingly bring to life .