尽管很多人觉得拥有超能力是一件好事，但事实却偏偏和想象中相反。克里斯（尼古拉斯•凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰）天生具有预测未来的能力，但他从小就在痛苦中度过：各种机构、政府、医院都对他极感兴趣，以至他快乐的童年都在测试和研究中度过。成年后的克里斯隐形埋名混迹于赌城拉斯维加斯，不时去赌博一下赢点小钱。 　　因为一个恐怖组织预谋要炸毁洛杉矶，特工凯莉（朱丽安•摩尔 Julianne Moore 饰）找到了克里斯帮忙。然而，这预测未来的超能力现在令克里斯痛苦万分，因为他预测到无论多么努力，洛杉矶最终还是会被炸毁，而且他的爱人也会在此劫难中死去……Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.