Alex Sternberg wakes up with a hangover and no memory of how she ended up in bed with a dead man. She flees, convinced that she has had another blackout and stabbed someone. Her only support, Turner, an ex cop and recovering alcoholic who is unsympathetic to her plight. She could believe that it is as simple as a violent act committed while drunk, except that the body keeps re-appearing.

第90届奥斯卡影帝加里·奥德曼 和影后弗兰西斯·麦克多蒙德曾在29年前共演过一对夫妻，那时还都很年轻。片子讲一个退伍军人精神崩溃，一心求死未遂，反被关押进精神病院。在那里他发现病人待遇极差，大夫和工作人员肆无忌惮虐待他们，于是开始了漫长而艰苦的 反抗之路... 本片虽根据真实事件改编，堪称真实版《飞越疯人院》。