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 Reginas story through flashbacks interwoven with her present situation, the film helps us understand this woman in a unique, disturbing and sympathetic way