1979年，罗马梵蒂冈教廷意识到和恶魔撒旦有着莫大关系的一名女婴诞生在纽约，二十年后，距离本世纪还剩最后三天的12月28日，撒旦（加布里埃尔·伯恩 Gabriel Byrne 饰）以一名人类银行家的肉身重现人间，丧失了妻女的前任警察杰瑞克（阿诺·施瓦辛格 Arnold Schwarzenegger 饰）和自己的安保团队受雇于伪装的魔鬼，为其提供保护。不久一名神父冒死狙杀撒旦，不幸失败，他在临死前向布瑞克提出警告。布瑞克与同伴按照神父留下的线索找到了女子克里斯汀（罗宾·汤尼 Robin Tunney 饰），得知她是命中注定要与撒旦结合的女性，如果撒旦能在千禧之夜和克里斯汀发生关系，那就意味着世界的毁灭。布瑞克决定不惜一切代价以人类的身份阻挡撒旦……On December 28th, 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, the Devil decides to crash the party by coming to the city, inhabiting a man's body, and searching for his chosen bride, a 20-year-old woman named Christine York. If he bears her child between 11:00 PM and midnight on New Year's Eve, the world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist ex-cop named Jericho Cane, who no longer believes in God because of the murder of his wife and daughter.