尼尔森(大卫·弗利 Dave Foley 饰)一直都因为和老板的女儿(詹妮弗·提莉 Jennifer Tilly 饰)谈恋爱而沾沾自喜,因为不出意外的话,尼尔森将成为老板的女婿,这也就意味着他可以顺理成章的成为公司的继承人。可是,让尼尔森没有想到的是,某一天,老板宣布了下一任总经理的人选,而这个人竟然不是他,被愤怒冲昏了头脑的尼尔森对老板发出了死亡的威胁。...
迈克斯(罗伯特•德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰)因为强奸而遭到起诉,他找来了律师萨姆(尼克·诺尔蒂 Nick Nolte 饰)为自己辩护;他有所不知的是,萨姆是一个女权主义者。出于义愤,萨姆在辩护是故意隐瞒了一项对迈克斯有利的证据,最终导致了迈克斯被多判了6年。本来不懂法律的迈克斯在狱中通过自学法律发现了萨姆对他的背叛,发誓一定要找萨姆报仇。...
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive....