在一个架空的城市洛城主角陈旭是一位畅销犯罪小说作家他已经连续数月饱受头痛折磨而无法写作于是在妻子林若晰的建议下决定和妻子一同前往一个新城市边缘城度假并寻找新的灵感但在边缘城的第一个夜晚妻子林若晰便神秘失踪而绑匪却是陈旭小说中的人物达 文派西达文因为不满自己在小说中死亡的结局要求陈旭重写小说结尾于此同时更多小说中的角色出现在现实世界中对陈旭展开追杀陈旭必须救出妻子并发掘真相
Allen Meneric is committed to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane because of a brutal revenge murder There he is forced to deal with the very ill and the dangerous until, as part of a socialization program, he is transferred to minimum security where he meets Mia, a beautiful bipolar female inmate Ever haunted by his past, Allen seeks his redemption when sudden events demand that he protect Mia from the violence and chaos of the institution
