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　　故事梗概:　　由領隊布魯貝克等三名宇航員駕駛的美國宇宙飛船《摩羯星一號》因質(zhì)量不好未能起飛,宇航主任凱洛威博士為騙取國會的預算,強迫宇航員參加了一場在攝影棚內(nèi)模擬飛行同時進行電視實況轉播的騙局.為了騙局不被戳穿,還決定宣布飛船降落時因事故機毀人亡,秘密殺害宇航員.宇航員沖出攝影棚后,兩人被打死.死里逃生的布魯貝克出現(xiàn)在追悼會上,揭露了事實真相.

　　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.

杰弗里（凱爾·麥克拉克倫 Kyle MacLachlan 飾）為了照料父親而回到了久違的家鄉(xiāng)小鎮(zhèn)，哪知道在誤打誤撞之中令一場兇殺案件浮出水面，杰弗里就此結識了負責調(diào)查此案的警察威廉斯（喬治·迪克森 George Dickerson 飾），以及他的女兒桑迪（勞拉·鄧恩 Laura Dern 飾）。桑迪告訴杰弗里，時間的真相或許和一個名叫多蘿西（伊莎貝拉·羅西里尼 Isabella Rossellini 飾）的歌女有關。　　美麗神秘的多蘿西很快就令杰弗里失去了理智，他偷偷的潛入了多蘿西家中，恰巧發(fā)現(xiàn)了多蘿西正在被一個名為弗蘭克（丹尼斯·霍珀 Dennis Hopper 飾）的黑幫大佬虐待的事實。此時的杰弗里才開始意識到，在自己的視線范圍之外，發(fā)生著很多黑暗而又罪惡的可怕之事。

　　規(guī)模龐大幾乎盤踞全球的跨國銀行IBBC在這個錢權主宰的社會里簡直無所不能，它不僅操控著各國經(jīng)濟，牽制著政府的決策，甚至參與洗錢、販賣軍火、勒索綁架等各種黑道行動，它就像一只大章魚將觸角伸向黑夜的每個角落。國際刑警路易斯·塞林格（克里夫·歐文 Clive Owen 飾）目睹同事因企圖泄露銀行機密而遭遇暗殺，他決意受命前往柏林徹查IBBC洗錢內(nèi)幕，得益于另一位正義者副檢察官埃莉諾·惠特曼（娜奧米·沃茨 Naomi Watts 飾）的同行協(xié)助，兩人很快發(fā)現(xiàn)了跨國銀行更多鮮為人知的非法活動，甚至包括資助恐怖分子和發(fā)動戰(zhàn)爭。兩人決心揭露跨國銀行的真實面目，然而，無所不知的IBBC早已注意到這兩只螻蟻，殺手隨即派到，路易斯和埃莉諾最終能否贏得這場螳臂當車的生死周璇？