An off-duty New York City Police Detective gets caught in an inner-city brawl between undercover cops convinced that he is a local street thug. The melee ends in a tragic death followed by an uproar within gangs and cops in neighboring communities and across the city.

沉溺在尼采以及海德格惊人的存在主义哲学思考漩涡里的女大学生凯瑟琳，一心想在学术的世界中寻找到道德标准的依归，没想到某夜在纽约街头，一名神情特异的女子在过街前与她搭讪，之后在暗巷内往她脖子上一吻，自此她的抽象思考变得残忍而真实。所有道德困惑与精神救赎，全盘系于她对血浆的挣扎需求。克里斯多夫华肯在片中如同使者般若即若离地引渡她，让她的“夜瘾”逐渐地白热化起来....(台版简介)