In this wildly implausible mystery thriller, a stranger (Rob Lowe) befriends a down-at-heel suit (James Spader) and is soon conducting a cat-and-mouse game of psychological manipulation. It starts as a promising, taut thriller in the same vein as Single White Female, only with male protagonists, but soon disintegrates into pulp that wastes the talents of the gifted Spader.

Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disappears. Later that night, Michael runs into a stranger on a pier, who wheedles his way into Michael's life and turns it upside down.