When loner Arlis Sweeney (Dennis Quaid) meets Kay Davies (Meg Ryan), their attraction is palpable, despite his reserve and her marriage. They fall in love, unaware that they share a tragic past. But evil returns, threatening to bring that dark past to light. When menacing Roy Sweeney (James Caan) reemerges, Arlis must face the sins of his father. Gwyneth Paltrow also stars in writer-director Steve Kloves's haunting tale of tragic fate.