時空的轉換，現在與未來的穿梭，都在杰克（亞德里安·布洛迪 Adrien Brody 飾）身上神奇的發生著。他本來是一個參與過海灣戰爭的美國軍人。意外中彈令他喪失了記憶，成為一個失憶者。繼而更倒霉的是，他被警方認作殺人疑犯拉回審訊。因為判定為精神疾病，杰克免于坐牢，只是被帶到精神病院，作為某項科學實驗的樣品。　　醫生為杰克穿上了緊身衣物，把他放進停尸間。這里黑暗冰冷，只剩下零散的記憶碎片陪伴杰克。碎片中有著他將來的模樣，有著一個心愛的叫杰基（凱拉·奈特利 Keira Knightley飾）的女子，更有著自己快要死去的訊息。在記憶中看到將來的杰克，在一線希望中尋找著通往生機的鑰匙。

　　影片的故事發生在波士頓，巴恩斯扮演的尼克是一位意大利裔的美國年輕人，躊躇滿志的他加入波士頓黑手黨，決心開創一番事業，卻發現這個犯罪組織早已不復昔日之勇。　　于是尼克背著他的老板（《落水狗》、《壞中尉》男星哈威·凱特爾飾），自立門戶，擴張版圖，希望重塑往昔的輝煌。一手金錢，一手美人（莉頓·梅斯特飾），尼克完全不知道自己正走在危險的懸崖邊。

　　The nightmare was about a demonic possession. A long time ago, there was an evil in a small town and it was jealous of the girl and would never let her go, since the devil loved the girl. One night, the evil raped the girl and she became pregnant. After months the girl could not hide her baby, her father figured her secret out and clapped the girl in irons and locked her room door. But the evil put the gun to her father' temple and saved the girl. The father had a stroke and had been sleeping on the bed for three months and died. Time went on and the girl brought a child into the world. Naturally, people who were living in the village heard the story and they did not want to see neither the girl nor the baby since when the baby was born, plants dried in the field, fishes lost in the lake and people had prayed to the god for rain, but nothing changed in the village. People got so angry, dug a hole in front of the fountain, put her into the hole and threw stones at her face. The girl died soon after. The evil went off the deep end, took a revenge of the village and killed everyone except two sisters because the evil wanted them to take care of its baby...

　　一次演奏會上，小提琴家瑞安（萊斯利?尼爾森 Leslie Nielsen 飾）邂逅了美艷婦人勞倫（凱麗?勒布克 Kelly LeBrock 飾），勞倫對他大拋媚眼，嚇得瑞安不知所措。聯合國秘書長羅伯特將到哥倫比亞作反恐演講，勞倫的丈夫希賓負責安排一切。這天瑞安收到了勞倫的邀請，并注明如果他不前來她將自殺。揣揣不安的瑞安如約來到了勞倫的別墅，卻發現希賓早已倒地身亡。突然，一名獨眼獨臂獨腿的男人出現將瑞安擊暈了。　　當瑞安醒來后，他已被警察抓了起來，荒謬的是，瑞安謀殺希賓的罪名成立了。盡管他一再分辯，但他還是被押往監獄。途中囚車意外翻下了山崖，大難不死的瑞安開始了亡命天涯，他一方面要逃避追捕，一方面要設法找證據還自己一個清白！