年轻有为的Harrison French（Matthew Davis饰）有个漂亮的妻子，婚姻美满，事业和生活都蒸蒸日上，但是一个大雨滂沱的夜晚，哈里森驾车撞死了一名神秘男子。被害者被怀疑是银行劫匪，同时也可能是妻子的弟弟。在内心折磨之下，他将此事告诉了家庭的一个好友，律师William Ashbury（Harrison French饰），随之噩梦接踵而至，他因此被卷入了一位富豪的世界。William并非简单人物，他通过掌握几位权势人物的肮脏秘密而控制了这个团体，包括警察局长，Harrison的岳父---国会议员Henderson（Peter Coyote饰），Harrison的好友……Harrison不甘屈服，联合新来的探员Scofield（Aidan Quinn饰）将恐怖的疑云趋散。

影片讲述了凶杀案侦探Jack（雷·利奥塔Ray Liotta）在调查一系列谋杀案的过程中，不知不觉地成了主要嫌疑犯，FBI发现了他与所有受害人的联系...

Peter Coyote (E.T., Erin Brokovich) and Karen Allen (The Perfect Storm) star in this touching family drama about the unifying power of basketball in a community torn apart by war. Both a riveting sports film and a tale of triumph over adversity, The Basket is "a hoop dream movie with a whole lot of heart" (Dallas Morning News)! In 1918, when the wheat-farming townspeople of Waterville, Washington, welcome home their first wounded son from WWI, they'restruck by the harsh reality of war. And just as bigotry and hatred toward two German orphans dividethe close-knit community, a new schoolteacher, Martin (Coyote), rolls into town with some strange ideas and an even stranger leather ball. Through the brand-new game called basketball, Martin strivesto bring harmony to the town...before it tears itself apart!