David Petersen is passing through the Colorado Rockies. After saving a young diner waitress from her violent ex-husband during a break from driving, he hits the road again alone through a dangerous snow blizzard. One false move behind the wheel has him waking up inside a ravine, in the eye of the storm. But the cold is the least of his worries when a beast starts prowling outsi...。艾克(理查·基尔 Richard Gere 饰)是一名专栏记者,他妻子是他的顶头上司。然而,这并没有给他带来多少好运气,相反,和妻子性格不合离婚后,因这层关系艾克过得更加抑郁。一次偶然,艾克在酒吧里听闻了马里兰州一名女子玛琪(朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)三次踏上红地毯时临阵脱逃的故事。他对这件事深感兴趣,并将其写成了专栏。
当艾克去到实地采访当地人时,没想到人们普遍对他的做法感到很愤怒。而即将第四次采访之时,红地毯的事件主人公玛琪因为看了艾克的专栏后大感尴尬,第四次临阵逃脱。玛琪认为是艾克害惨了自己,决定以牙还牙。。