The Promise (1999)

Lisas husband Bill abuses her With her sisters encouragement she takes their three kids and leaves her husband Bill keeps interfering with Lisas attempts at a new life She gets an order of protection against him but the police cant do anything else to help her One night Bill breaks into Lisas apartment and shoots her As she dies in the hospital Lisa asks her sister to promise to take care of her three children The sister takes the kids into her home but Bill is still on the loose an ever present threat