Summertime, 1994. In a quiet mining village just outside Doncaster, a rumour stirs about the legend of a giant carp in the nearby decoy ponds. Trevor takes watch one night at the water's edge. The following night, he decides to lead a brigade of young friends and neighbours on a fishing expedition. In a world of broken families, cassette tapes and rumbling political fever, these friends, each with their own struggles to bear, share a moment of harmony as they witness the carp for themselves that they will never forget.
An intense drama about two young women desperate to escape their repressive small town, whose friendship is challenged after a night of debauchery threatens to undo their grand plans for freedom.
布兰迪(米娜·苏瓦丽 Mena Suvari 饰)个性活泼爱玩,常常流连于各色派对之中。某日,她刚刚结束了一场狂欢,晕晕乎乎的驾车行驶在马路上,就在此时,车祸发生了,倒霉蛋是一个名叫托马斯(斯蒂芬·瑞 Stephen Rea 饰)的男人,然而,他非但没被撞飞,反而丝丝地嵌在了布兰迪座驾的挡风玻璃上,一时间进退两难。
布兰迪答应带托马斯前往医院进行抢救,然而,很快她便意识到,这场车祸和汤姆的幸存将会彻底改变她的一生,把她拖进深不见底的泥潭之中,解决的方法只有一个,那就是让汤姆死得无影无踪。很快,汤姆便意识到了布兰迪的真正目的,求生欲让身负重伤的他展开了自救。