The film places the terrorists in the post-9 / 11 era and the associated effects of terrorism into a story similar to the "back window". Terry Allen always presents himself as a typical American citizen, dressed neatly when he goes out, and has a beautiful and charming wife at home-living the life of a decent accountant. But all this fell into thin air after Terry lost his job. As his new job has never been settled, Terry can only pass the time by round-the-clock news coverage on television, and what the American media in the post-9 / 11 era have to do, it seems to be to instill "America's declaration of war on terrorism" into the cerebral cortex of ordinary people. Soon, the bored Terry noticed an unusual change: a new tenant came into the apartment across the street, a Muslim student named Gabe Hassan, who behaved strangely. He always entertained some Middle Eastern men like him late at night, and secretly rummaged about in the garbage in the early hours of the morning-- maybe the over-focused TV news reports gave Terry some psychological hint. His fear quickly heats up, and his intuition tells him that Gaby is likely to be close.