The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

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　　埃及裔美國人安瓦?艾爾?伊布拉西米（奧瑪爾?梅特瓦利 飾）大約二十年前，從埃及移民到了美國，與漂亮的美國姑娘伊莎貝拉?菲爾茲（莉絲?維瑟斯彭 飾）成了家，夫妻恩愛生活美滿，育有一子，伊莎貝拉肚子里的第二胎也日漸成型。　　某日，安瓦?艾爾?伊布拉西米從南非出差回來，在華盛頓機場被神秘的黑衣人帶走，原因是中央情報局認為身為化學品工程師的安瓦?艾爾?伊布拉西米是恐怖分子，想從他口中撬出有用的情報。倒霉的安瓦被“引渡”至埃及的開羅，交由駐扎在當地的中情局探員道格拉斯?弗里曼（杰克?吉倫哈爾 飾）和老奸巨猾的當地探員審訊。　　另一方面，身懷六甲的伊莎貝拉，堅信丈夫是無辜的，四下奔走，努力尋找丈夫的下落。期間，她雖然幸運地獲得舊情人（彼得?薩斯加德 飾）的幫助，但終究不足以國家強勢機構對抗，一籌莫展。　　與此同時，剛剛入行不久的特工道格拉斯?弗里曼，在目睹了CIA同事們對安瓦進行的非人道審訊時，也面臨著良心的拷問。　　安瓦是不是恐怖分子？伊莎貝拉能否和丈夫團圓？中情局新手道格拉斯?弗里曼，究竟在這場暗戰中發揮了怎樣的作用？對這一切疑問的解答，必將引向對“引渡”政策的重新審視。

由于他們的父親處于昏迷狀態，護士Seon-young敦促她的兄弟Il-hoe舉辦一場假葬禮，因為他負擔不起兒子的學費，有可能看到他錯過大學。他們偽造死亡證明并欺騙醫院，但隨著壓力的增加，他們的計劃開始以意想不到的方式瓦解。