When a series of package bombs show up on the doorsteps of prominent politicians and businessmen in the summer of 1919, U.S. Bureau of Investigation Agent William Flynn (Strathairn) is assigned the task of finding those responsible. He becomes immersed in an investigation that uncovers an anarchist plot to destroy democracy. Inspired by true events of the 20s the film sets the stage for a timely thriller with resoundingly similar parallels to the contemporary war on terrorism and the role government plays to defeat it.

　　基于1933 年斯科茨伯勒再审九名黑人青年在火车上性侵犯两名白人妇女真实事件。一件在种族隔离制度下的南方，两名妇女指控九名黑人青年所引发出来的扑朔迷离审判。第二位指控者撤回告诉，从而引发洗刷可能被判死刑的被害者罪名的二审。

1919夏天，美国著名政治家和商人们的门口出现一系列包裹炸弹，调查探员威廉·弗林(Strathairn)被指派负责寻找责任人。他沉浸在一项调查中，揭露了无政府主义阴谋破坏民主。这部电影受到20世纪20年代真实事件的启发。