The Smiths -- a family with a secret past -- are visited by a sweet-talking southern gentleman who is looking for small town humanity. But they'll soon find out that kindness towards strangers is not always rewarded, and the secretive stranger will find redemption does not always come easy.

The lives of three disparate families are illuminated by a meteor shower on a winter night.

在急速中产阶级化的布朗克斯住宅区里，三位勇敢的青少年意外发现邪恶阴谋，有不速之客要在他们心爱的小区大开杀戒。

莱亚，一个冒险和自由奔放的13岁女孩，和她的学术父母住在田园诗般的纽约州北部。在她的家人准备搬到休斯顿的那天，她的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。就在他们离开之前，在一个悲剧性的失误中，Lea被激怒了，与15岁的比尔发生了争执。出于沮丧，她拿起一把枪，朝比尔的方向开枪，导致他掉进了一个深井。在不知道他的下落的情况下，Lea被迫和家人一起离开。十二年后。。。莉娅压抑着对那些动荡事件的记忆，是一个情绪崩溃的人。她对那个决定性夜晚的记忆慢慢地飘回来，折磨着她。