Choi So-young (Choi Eun-hee), a poor female law student is in trouble because her grandmother, who had been sending her tuition money, passes away. With the help of her friend Hee-suk, (Kim Suk-il) who dreams of becoming a writer, So-young fools Choi Rim (Kim Seung-ho), a lawmaker, into believing she is his daughter and moves in his house. She studies hard and becomes a lawyer. At her first trial, she defends a female inmate (Hwang Jeong-sun). Coincidentally, the story of the inmate is very much similar to hers. So-young defends her, saying how difficult it is for a woman to survive in a cold capitalism, arguing for her rights in tears. After she wins the case, she goes home and confesses her crime to Choi Rim's wife (Yu Gye-seon).
退役前，邦·汉姆（汤米·李·琼斯 Tommy Lee Jones 饰）是一名特种兵训练教官，凭借着自己出色的身手和丰富的野外生存经验，邦·汉姆训练出了一支战斗力和破坏力的极其强大的特种精英部队。城市周边发生的几起谋杀案让居民们陷入了恐慌，负责该案件的女探员艾比（康妮·尼尔森 Connie Nielsen 饰）找到了早已远离江湖的邦·汉姆，希望他能够协助她破案。 经过了一些列的调查和追踪，邦·汉姆发现凶手的作案手法和风格与自己十分相似，那也就意味着，这个嗜血的凶徒，很可能就是自己曾经教导过的学生。渐渐的，一个名叫亚伦（本尼西奥·德尔·托罗 Benicio Del Toro 饰）的男人的身影浮出了水面，他正是凶手本人，而他所作的这一切不为了别的，只为了引诱邦·汉姆再度出山。
