A district attorney is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney and a cryptic stranger. 福特柯尔是一个大城市的律师。他从市长的手里接到了一个离奇的案件：美丽的助理律师娜拉， 承认杀死了一个男人，她称之为“自卫”。当真相好像水落石出之际，一个谜般的陌生人路德品克斯突然现身警局，否定娜拉所说的一切。案件变得扑朔迷离，留给福特的只有很少时间，他要尽快查出真相，美丽的娜拉和黑社会的老大，究竟谁在说谎……
