When Michael miraculously survives being shot and pushed out of a plane, he must find the man who tried to kill him in order to save himself, and the woman he loves.

A man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.

Two couples in their twenties, who are struggling to find substance and meaning in their lives and relationships, meet by happenstance in a New York City Irish tavern called The Four-Faced Liar.