亿万富翁范先生（迈克尔·道格拉斯）在四十八岁生日时收到弟弟（西恩·潘）的一份礼物，CRS俱乐部的游戏卡。游戏的内容为迈克尔量身定做，直指他内心深处的童年阴影和婚姻创伤。 　　迈克尔由于好奇，渐渐投入到游戏中去，并由此结识了女侍应生克莉丝汀（黛博拉·卡拉·安格）。可是在种种恶作剧后，迈 克尔发现这一系列离奇事件并不是简单的游戏，他的生活甚至生命正被拖向深渊。 　　当生命不断受到威胁，迈克尔一次次的告诉自己，这只是个游戏。然而游戏的策划者正把他引向何方？父亲48岁生日时坠楼自杀的场景不断在他头脑里闪现……Nicholas Van Orton is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. In the year of his 48th birthday (the age his father committed suicide) his brother Conrad, who has gone long ago and surrendered to addictions of all kinds, suddenly returns and gives Nicholas a card giving him entry to unusual entertainment provided by something called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Giving in to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS and all kinds of weird and bad things start to happen to him.