1977年，在被軍事獨裁統治折磨的巴西，四十多歲的馬塞洛逃離了他混亂的過去，來到累西腓，希望在這里建立新的生活并與家人重修舊好。然而，他并未料到死亡威脅如影隨形，籠罩在他的頭頂。

　　龍雁飛（許冠文 飾）是一個著名的武俠小說家，十年了都沒有新的作品面世了，不過以往的暢銷作品仍然帶給他客觀的收入，生活無憂。他的女兒Sophia（楊千嬅 飾）是個早已到了適婚年齡，但她戀愛運甚差，只想找一個真正可以過日子的人結婚，其實她一直暗戀自己的上司——花花公子Frankie（劉青云 飾）。Frankie因為意外要搬到Sophia的家住，龍雁飛看見自己心愛的女兒被Frankie當工人使喚，心里很不是滋味，便對Frankie充滿了敵意，但在后來的相處中，兩個男人又成了知己……

　　Troubled teens attend a Wilderness Therapy program in Utah's desert, navigating personal challenges amidst the harsh Outback environment.

　　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.