An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback:, all citizens get a chance of being ‘renewed’ in a Civic Ceremony, at their 30th birthday, unless you run and escape before your time.

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.