Will Dormer（阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰）与搭档Hap Eckhart（马丁·唐文 Martin Donovan 饰）来到远离洛杉矶一处日不落的小镇阿拉斯加，调查一名17岁少女被活活殴打致死的案件。阿拉斯加一名女警察llie Burr（希拉里·斯万克 Hilary Swank 饰）对Dormer的办案手法由衷感到敬畏，努力在查案过程中学习。而此刻的多莫其实已经麻烦缠身，他在洛杉矶抓获了一个案件嫌疑人，因为要将其定罪，不得不捏造了假证据，此事已被内务部调查。Hap想向内务部坦诚真相并认
Nala, a 13-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness - But she'll soon find her granny is not exactly what she seems.
