 Seven years ago, Regina (Mimi Rogers) was tried for the death. On the night before she becomes the first woman in over 40 years to be executed in a federal penitentiary, she befriends the lone, curious prison guard Colin Reeves (Billy Zane), who has been assigned to watch over her. By telling Regina s story through flashbacks interwoven with her present situation, the film helps us understand this woman in a unique, disturbing and sympathetic way.