Killing Me Softly

Alice, content with a stable life in London, meets a mysterious stranger and agrees to a taxi ride to his house. They share a passionate, impulsive night together. She returns to her boyfriend and struggles to recapture the spark she felt with him.

The next day Alice seeks out the stranger and learns his name is Adam, a mountain climber celebrated as a hero after saving six people in a tragedy. The event leaves her intrigued by his past and the pull of his reckless charisma. Her initial doubt about her life starts to fade.

She ends her relationship with her boyfriend and begins a new romance with Adam, despite her friend's reservations about the speed of the change. The affair marks a sharp departure from her previous stable life. The connection deepens quickly.

Alice is mugged on a street and Adam defeats the attacker with force, proving his protective nature. He then asks Alice to marry him, and she happily accepts, sealing their intense bond. The moment shifts their life toward an unsettled future.

The newlyweds escape to a secluded cabin for their honeymoon, where the initial idyll hints at a darker undercurrent. The isolation amplifies both their passion and unease. They begin to reveal fragments of their past to each other.

Alice starts receiving a series of enigmatic letters and phone calls that hint at Adam’s secret past. The relentless messages plant seeds of doubt and paranoia about the man she married. She becomes increasingly preoccupied with his history.

A reporter who covered Adam's story sends Alice a note from a woman claiming Adam raped her. Posing as a journalist, Alice interviews the woman to uncover the truth behind the allegation. The interview intensifies her suspicion and fear.

Alice discovers a box of old letters from Adele, an ex-lover, insisting that Adam end their affair. The discovery deepens the sense that Adam's past could explode at any moment. The mystery tightens around their marriage.

Adam questions Alice about how she obtained a necklace and probes into what she has been doing. The tension underscores a widening gap between trust and control in their marriage. Alice begins to feel increasingly unsafe and unsure.

Alice learns that Adele has been missing for eight months and finds a photo of Adele at the cabin. She goes to the police, insisting they reopen Adele's missing-person case, but the authorities say they lack enough evidence. The pressure pushes her further into danger.

Deborah confesses that she manipulated the messages to protect Alice from Adam's violent rages. She reveals a dark history: she had sex with Adam when he was 15, fueling her obsession with his life. Her confession arrives as they near the cabin, placing Alice in even greater danger.

Deborah attacks, trying to kill Alice; Adam intervenes and saves her. The confrontation escalates, and Deborah fights back before Alice shoots Deborah with a flare pistol to stop her. The scene exposes the toxic family history behind Adam's life.

Adam explains that his past with his sister and the history of their cabin life have shaped him, but the police arrive and take him away for questioning. He leaves with a sense that Alice's trust cannot be easily earned back. The couple's future hangs in the balance.

Two years later, Alice and Adam glimpse each other on opposite ends of an escalator, without speaking. They exchange a lingering gaze as fate seems to decide their separate paths. The film closes with Alice's reflective voiceover about what might have happened if fate had not brought them together.