本片刻画女人为保青春永驻,彼此间的猜忌,虚荣心态.

史蒂芬与布莱恩是一对来自救火世家的兄弟，史蒂芬继承父业投入救火工作，却因为工作的危险性与不安定性，与妻子的关系陷入困境。布莱恩因年幼时目睹父亲在救火时被烧死，而对救火工作又爱又惧。芝加哥市出现一名纵火犯，警局派出调查员唐纳追查嫌犯，而布莱恩充任其助手，深入火窟，并查处背后的真凶竟是....

一段爱情，在战火中燃烧，逾越了道德，改变了战局。艾马殊（拉尔夫•费因斯 Ralph Fiennes 饰）是一个历史学者，跟随探险家来到撒哈拉沙漠考察，结识了绘制地图的飞机师杰佛和他妻子凯瑟琳（克里斯汀•斯科特•托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰）。凯瑟琳的才气和美丽让艾马殊深深着迷，两人在沙漠一个幽深洞穴参观壁画时，更加发现彼此志趣相投。 道德最终战胜了激情。凯瑟琳和艾马殊分手后，杰弗发现了妻子的外遇。伤心的杰弗开着飞机企图与妻子和艾马殊同归于尽，艾马殊幸运躲过一劫，却造成凯瑟琳身受重伤、自己命丧黄泉。艾马殊赶到深爱的人身边，把她安置到山洞里，承诺一定会走出沙漠，找到援助。但是，事情却不像想象中容易。他为了救人，担当了卖国罪名，惹来了杀身之祸，而凯瑟琳会不会等来获救的曙光？艾马殊又将承担起怎样的罪责？

伊莎贝尔•阿切尔（妮可•基德曼 Nicole Kidman 饰）年轻漂亮，心高气傲，夺走了许多男人的心，但她却只想自由的活着。在英国的花园山庄里拒绝了沃伯顿勋伯爵的求婚。后又去伦敦看望表兄拉尔夫及其女友，古德伍德向她求婚也被拒绝。在表兄家她认识了端庄美丽的梅尔。在佛罗伦萨，梅尔将其介绍给了无钱无势却品位甚高的奥斯蒙德（约翰•马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰）。奥斯蒙德爱上了伊莎贝尔，而她也渐渐地坠入爱河。一年后伊莎贝尔和奥斯蒙德结婚。婚后他们的儿子却夭折在了摇篮里。后来她得知表兄病危，不顾丈夫的反对去见了拉尔夫最后一面，而此时表嫂却告诉了她一个秘密...... 本片改编自美国著名作家享利.詹姆斯的同名小说。

Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a cop in Nice, France. Alain is at a funeral that is being held for a fellow cop, when Alain’s partner Sebastien (Jean-Hugues Anglade) shows up. They discover that his name was Mikhail Suverov, and Mikhail was born on exactly the same day Alain was. As it turns out, Mikhail is the twin brother Alain never knew he had. Tracing his brother's steps back to New York City, Alain discovers that Mikhail was a member of the Russian Mafia, who was chased down and killed when he attempted to get out. Of course, now Alain is mistaken for Mikhail, who was also mixed up in a war between Mafia organizations. With his only real ally being Mikhail's fiancé Alex Bartlett (Natasha Henstridge), Alain sets out to avenge his brother's death, which is complicated not only by the Mafia, but by two corrupt FBI agents.