薇拉（珍妮佛•提莉 Jennifer Tilly 饰）是黑道中人的老婆，阴暗的生活令她非常厌倦。这天，她家隔壁新搬来了一个颇有男子气质的女邻居高琪（吉娜•吉舍恩 Gina Gershon 饰），她会亲自动手修下水管，打扮总是非常脏乱。一种莫名的情愫在薇拉心中涌动，她主动接近高琪，风情万种的引诱她，二人终于堕入断臂之爱。薇拉一心想和高琪远走高飞，逃离现在的生活。于是，高琪和她展开了一场危险游戏。Corky, a lesbian ex con hired to work in an apartment as a plumber, meets neighbors Caesar, who launders money for the Mafia, and his girlfriend Violet. The two women have a love affair and decide to steal $2,000,000 that Caesar has in custody before he gives them back to Mafia boss Gino Marzone. Caesar is set up by the two scheming women as a scapegoat but things start to go wrong when he reacts in an unexpected way...