Audrey Burke is reeling from the shock of losing her husband in a random act of violence. Impulsively, she turns to Jerry, a down-and-out addict who has been her husband's close friend since childhood, inviting him to move into the room adjacent to their garage in the hope that he can help her and her children cope.

After being brutally attacked outside a bar and recovering from a coma and extensive physical injuries, Mark Hogancamp suffered brain damage and nearly total memory loss. Unable to afford therapy he spent the next few years building a scale model, World War II-era town, Marwencol, populated with dolls, where he lived out his fantasy life, and which he documented in photographs. When his photographs were discovered by an art magazine, a New York gallery...

One night, New York City radio host Erica Bain and her fiancé, David, are brutally attacked. David is killed and Erica is almost beaten to death. After this, Erica is different, buying a gun and roaming the streets at night to get revenge on those responsible for the attack. But a determined cop is hot on her trail...