Wolfgang, a ten-year-old boy with an IQ of 152 and autism spectrum disorder, is forced to live with his father Carles, whom he has never seen, after the sudden death of his mother.

　　故事發生在20世紀的30年代，雷（西恩·潘 Sean Penn 飾）是當時紅極一時的爵士樂傳奇人物。由于早年生活困頓，成名后雷養成了揮金如土的惡習，壓抑許久的他放縱自己迷失在由金錢和美女組成的奢侈世界里。　　一位名叫海蒂（薩曼莎·莫頓 Samantha Morton 飾）的普通洗衣女工深深的愛上了雷，愿意為雷付出一切，而雷亦對單純的海蒂抱有好感。可是，此時的雷并不想過早的走入安定的家庭生活，更何況，雷可是一位藝術家啊，對于藝術家來說，婚姻難道不正是靈感的墳墓嗎？就這樣，雷和海蒂漸行漸遠。之后，雷娶了性感妖嬈的作家布蘭奇（烏瑪·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 飾），卻發現布蘭奇是比自己還要放浪形骸的“交際花”。直到此時，雷才想起了海蒂的好，可是雷沒有把握，這個單純可愛的女孩如今還會一如既往的包容他，接納他嗎？

　　在一次尋常的大學生家庭派對上，荷爾蒙過剩的青年們盡情玩耍。然而當晚卻發生了一起血腥慘劇，數名校隊運動員在地下室玩俄羅斯輪盤賭，最終導致4人身亡。在此之后，蘭普金警探（Orlando Jones 飾）受命調查此事，并走訪了死亡大學生所在的教會學校。通過對死者朋友們的盤查，他將盤問對象所定在喬納（Edund Entin 飾）和賽斯（Gary Entin 飾）身上。　　喬納和賽斯是一對俊美的雙胞胎，他們有著極高的智商，卻為周圍的同學所不容，共同視他們二人為怪胎。他們雖然經常拿著攝像機在學校走來走去，不過早已被他人當作空氣。隨著蘭普金調查的深入，這對神秘兄弟的關系也變得越來越微妙……

　　In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above his duty. He provides for Last Arc, a once nomadic band of survivors in need of food and water that is now growing scarce. The answer must be found before a group of outlandish Heretics descend upon them. Cygnus must voyage across the treacherous landscape to defend his people. Sent by Nova, the matriarch of the band, she acts based on her vision for Cygnus to find a seed of hope. The future of Last Arc is for him to discover, Cygnus ventures into a hostile landscape in search of an answer for his people. On this journey of encountering many traps and dangers, Cygnus discovers what has been hunting him is his identity.