Elizabeth Galten is a Student just trying to enjoy life. Arriving home one evening she is attacked by a masked madman wielding a giant pair of shears. Escaping the killer's clutches she is safe. Six months then pass and as she tries to get on with her life the media continue to harass her. Amidst everything that is happening a copycat killer continues to finish off what the original killer started leaving Elizabeth and everyone around her at risk and also not to be trusted.

Kris, an undocumented Polish immigrant laborer in Chicago, meets a successful American film director. His bold and possibly futile attempt to revive his abandoned acting career is derailed when a family crisis erupts back home in Poland.