The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security in this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel.
Around two-thirds of the way through the film there is a scene where the young boy opens the refrigerator door and sees his dog's head in there. The dog is NOT dead. The head is a fake meant as a warning, and one of the characters comments it is a very good fake. The dog is fine at the end of the film.