At a fairground in rural Northern I

At a fairground in rural Northern Ireland, IRA foot soldier Fergus (Stephen Rea) and a unit of other IRA fighters, including a woman named Jude (Miranda Richardson) and led by Maguire (Adrian Dunbar), kidnap Jody (Forest Whitaker), a black British soldier, after Jude lures him to a secluded area with the promise of sex. The IRA demands the release of jailed IRA members, threatening to execute Jody in three days if their demands are not met. Fergus is tasked to guard Jody and develops a bond with the prisoner, much to the chagrin of the other IRA men. During this time, Jody tells Fergus the story of the Scorpion and the Frog.

Jody persuades Fergus to promise to seek out his girlfriend Dil (Jaye Davidson) in London should Jody be killed. The deadline set by Jody's captors passes and with none of the IRA's demands being met, Jody is to be executed. When Fergus takes him into the woods to carry out the sentence, Jody makes a break for it. Fergus cannot bring himself to shoot the fleeing Jody in the back, but Jody is accidentally run over and killed by British Saracen armoured personnel carrier as they move in to assault the IRA safe-house. With his IRA companions seemingly dead after the attack, Fergus flees to London, where he takes a job as a day labourer, using the alias "Jimmy". A few months later, Fergus finds Dil at a hair salon. Later they talk in a bar, where he sees her singing "The Crying Game".

Fergus suffers from guilt about Jody's death and sees him in his dreams bowling a cricket ball to him. He pursues Dil, protecting her from an obsessive suitor and falling in love with her. Later, when he is about to make love to her in her apartment, he discovers that she is transgender. His initial reaction is of revulsion. Rushing to the bathroom to throw up, he accidentally hits Dil in the face. A few days later, he leaves her a note and the two make up. Despite everything, Fergus is still attracted to Dil. Around the same time, Jude unexpectedly reappears in Fergus' apartment. She tells him that the IRA tried and convicted him in absentia, and she forces him to agree to help with a new mission to aid in assassinating a judge. She also mentions that she knows about Fergus and Dil, warning him that the IRA will kill her if Fergus does not co-operate.

Fergus, unable to overcome his feelings for Dil, continues to woo her. To shield her from possible retribution, he gives her a haircut and menswear as a disguise. The night before the IRA mission is to be carried out, Dil gets heavily drunk and Fergus escorts her to her apartment, where she asks him to stay with her. Fergus complies, then admits he had an indirect hand in Jody's death. Dil, drunk, appears not to understand, but in the morning, before Fergus wakes up, Dil ties him to the bed. She unwittingly prevents Fergus from joining the other IRA members and completing the planned assassination. Holding Fergus at gunpoint, Dil forces him to tell her that he loves her and will never leave her. She unties him, saying that, even if he is lying, it is nice to hear his words. Dil then breaks down in tears.

Meanwhile, Jude and Maguire gun the judge down, but Maguire is shot dead by one of the bodyguards. A vengeful Jude enters Dil's flat with a gun, seeking to kill Fergus for missing the assassination. Dil takes several shots at Jude, hitting her, whilst stating that she is aware that Jude was complicit in Jody's death and that Jude used her sexuality to trick him. Dil finally kills Jude with a shot in the neck. She then points the gun at Fergus but lowers her hand, saying that she cannot kill him, because Jody will not allow her to. Fergus prevents Dil from shooting herself and tells her to hide out in the club for a while. When she is gone, he wipes her fingerprints off the gun (replacing them with his own), and allows himself to be arrested in her place.

A few months later, Dil visits Fergus in prison where he is serving six years. After discussing his post-release plans, she asks why he took the fall for her, and he responds, "As a man once said, it's in my nature." He then tells her the story of the Scorpion and the Frog.

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Di fairground di pedesaan Irlandia Utara, IRA kaki prajurit Fergus (Stephen Rea) dan sebuah unit dari pejuang IRA lainnya, termasuk seorang wanita bernama Yudas (Miranda Richardson) dan dipimpin oleh Maguire (Adrian Dunbar), menculik Jody (Forest Whitaker), seorang tentara Inggris hitam, setelah Yudas umpan dia ke area terpencil dengan janji seks. IRA menuntut rilis dipenjarakan anggota IRA, mengancam untuk melaksanakan Jody dalam tiga hari jika tuntutan mereka tidak terpenuhi. Fergus ini bertugas untuk menjaga Jody dan mengembangkan ikatan dengan tawanan, banyak yang kecewa dari laki-laki IRA lainnya. Selama waktu ini, Jody bercerita Fergus kalajengking dan katak.Jody ajak Fergus menjanjikan untuk mencari pacarnya Dil (Jaye Davidson) di London Jody akan dibunuh. Melewati batas waktu yang ditetapkan oleh Jody's penculik dan dengan tidak ada tuntutan IRA's terpenuhi, Jody akan dieksekusi. Ketika Fergus membawanya ke hutan untuk melaksanakan kalimat, Jody membuat istirahat untuk itu. Fergus tidak bisa membawa diri untuk menembak Jody melarikan diri di belakang, tapi Jody sengaja menabrak dan dibunuh oleh pengangkut personel lapis baja Britania Saracen ketika mereka bergerak menyerang IRA aman-rumah. Bersama para sahabatnya IRA tampaknya mati setelah serangan, Fergus melarikan diri ke London, di mana dia mengambil pekerjaan sebagai, menggunakan alias "Jimmy". Beberapa bulan kemudian, Fergus menemukan Dil di sebuah salon rambut. Kemudian mereka berbicara di bar, di mana ia melihat dia menyanyikan "The menangis permainan".Fergus suffers from guilt about Jody's death and sees him in his dreams bowling a cricket ball to him. He pursues Dil, protecting her from an obsessive suitor and falling in love with her. Later, when he is about to make love to her in her apartment, he discovers that she is transgender. His initial reaction is of revulsion. Rushing to the bathroom to throw up, he accidentally hits Dil in the face. A few days later, he leaves her a note and the two make up. Despite everything, Fergus is still attracted to Dil. Around the same time, Jude unexpectedly reappears in Fergus' apartment. She tells him that the IRA tried and convicted him in absentia, and she forces him to agree to help with a new mission to aid in assassinating a judge. She also mentions that she knows about Fergus and Dil, warning him that the IRA will kill her if Fergus does not co-operate.Fergus, mampu mengatasi perasaan untuk Dil, terus membujuknya. Untuk melindungi dia dari retribusi mungkin, ia memberinya potongan rambut dan pakaian pria sebagai menyamar. Malam sebelum misi IRA untuk dilakukan, Dil sangat mabuk dan Fergus escorts dia ke apartemen temannya, dimana dia meminta dia untuk tinggal bersamanya. Fergus sesuai, kemudian mengakui bahwa ia memiliki tangan yang langsung di Jody's kematian. DIL, mabuk, nampaknya tidak memahami, tapi di pagi hari, sebelum Fergus bangun, Dil ikatan dia ke tempat tidur. Dia sadar mencegah Fergus dari bergabung IRA anggota lain dan menyelesaikan pembunuhan terencana. Memegang Fergus di bawah todongan senjata, Dil memaksa dia untuk memberitahukan bahwa ia mencintainya dan tidak akan pernah meninggalkan Dia. Dia unties dia, mengatakan bahwa, bahkan jika dia berbohong, itu bagus untuk mendengar kata-kata. DIL rusak menangis.Sementara itu, Yudas dan Maguire pistol hakim, tetapi Maguire ditembak mati oleh salah satu pengawal. Yudas pendendam memasuki Dil's datar dengan senapan, mencari untuk membunuh Fergus hilang pembunuhan. DIL mengambil beberapa tembakan di Yudas, memukul dia, sementara menyatakan bahwa dia menyadari bahwa Yudas adalah terlibat dalam Jody's kematian dan bahwa Yudas digunakan seksualitas untuk memperdaya. DIL akhirnya membunuh Yudas dengan tembakan di leher. Dia kemudian menunjuk pistol di Fergus tetapi menurunkan tangannya, mengatakan bahwa dia tidak membunuh dia, karena Jody tidak akan membiarkan dia untuk. Fergus mencegah Dil menembak dirinya sendiri dan memberitahu dia untuk bersembunyi di klub untuk sementara. Ketika dia pergi, dia menyeka nya sidik jari dari pistol (menggantikan mereka dengan sendiri), dan memungkinkan dirinya untuk ditangkap di tempatnya.Beberapa bulan kemudian, Dil kunjungan Fergus di mana ia menjalani enam tahun penjara. Setelah mendiskusikan rencananya pasca rilis, dia bertanya mengapa ia mengambil jatuh untuknya, dan dia menjawab, "Sebagai manusia pernah berkata, itu adalah dalam alam." Ia kemudian mengatakan kisah katak dan kalajengking.