David Callaway (Robert De Niro) takes his daughter, Emily (Dakota Fanning) and moves out of the city after the death of his wife. Presumably this is so that they can start over, to get away from those things that will bring them memories that will be harmful.

Of course, at such a time, those things that bring familiarity may be just what you need, because being somewhere that you have nothing and everything seems strange is probably not where you want to be. In this case they could have certainly done with more of the familiar and less of the unknown, for shortly after they arrive in their new home, things start to go horribly awry.

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Nicole Kidman stars as UN translator Silvia Broome in this political thriller from Sydney Pollack (who also has a smallish role in the film).

Early on, we find out that Silvia has overheard someone speaking an obscure African dialect about murdering a visiting dignitary. Even stranger, that dialect is spoken in her country of origin, a fact pointed out by Sean Penn, playing haunted secret service agent Tobin Keller.

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