Academy Award winner Frances McDormand (Fargo) and Brian Cox (Rob Roy) confront danger and deception at every turn in this thriller set in strife-torn Northern Ireland. American activists Paul Sullivan (Brad Dourif) and his fiancée Ingrid Jessner (McDormand) journey to Belfast to probe allegations of brutal human rights abuses by British security forces. When Paul is killed under mysterious circumstances, the official reports list him as an I.R.A. accomplice. But Ingrid and British policeman Paul Kerrigan (Cox) question the findings and begin to uncover a shocking high-level conspiracy. Now, with their safety in jeopardy, they must decide whether to risk everything to reveal the truth.