Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney.
Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common?
Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady’s rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted.
Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.