一个夜晚，美艳而富有的女作家凯瑟琳（莎朗•斯通 Sharon Stone 饰）与某球星狂欢后驾车落入水中，结果该球星死亡而凯瑟琳却安然无恙。 　　警方怀疑这是一起谋杀案，委派精神病医生格拉斯（大卫·莫利塞 David Morrissey饰）对凯瑟琳进行精神鉴定。因为其他原因，凯瑟琳被无罪释放了。但此后她却要求格拉斯对其进行精神治疗，格拉斯也想通过凯瑟琳这个案例完成一篇学术论文。 　　在这个过程中，格拉斯被凯瑟琳的美丽与智慧所吸引，渐渐忘记了医生与病人的原则，陷入了无法自拔的情爱之中。 　　就在这时，他感觉身边的一切都发生了可怕的变化，而这些又都与凯瑟琳有关。他仿佛生活在这个女人所编织的无形的网中。 　　那么他能够逃离这个危险女人的掌控吗？他该如何抉择？Crime novelist Catherine Tramell is living in London, and becomes the center of police investigation (yet again) when her football player boyfriend drowns in a car accident and it is revealed that he was already dead because of a drug overdose before Tramell drove the car into water. Police psychoanalyst Dr. Michael Glass is called for examining Tramell, and is intrigued by the seductive and manipulative woman. On the other hand , his friend Det. Roy Washburn is sure Tramell is guilty. Tramell asks Glass to treat her for her 'risk addiction' problem, and with each therapy session , Glass gets more and more suspicious about her intentions. As more and more murders are committed, including that of Glass's ex-wife, Glass becomes obsessed with proving Tramell's guilt even though the evidence is contradictory .