The nightmare was about a demonic possession. A long time ago, there was an evil in a small town and it was jealous of the girl and would never let her go, since the devil loved the girl. One night, the evil raped the girl and she became pregnant. After months the girl could not hide her baby, her father figured her secret out and clapped the girl in irons and locked her room door. But the evil put the gun to her father' temple and saved the girl. The father had a stroke and had been sleeping on the bed for three months and died. Time went on and the girl brought a child into the world. Naturally, people who were living in the village heard the story and they did not want to see neither the girl nor the baby since when the baby was born, plants dried in the field, fishes lost in the lake and people had prayed to the god for rain, but nothing changed in the village. People got so angry, dug a hole in front of the fountain, put her into the hole and threw stones at her face. The girl died soon after. The evil went off the deep end, took a revenge of the village and killed everyone except two sisters because the evil wanted them to take care of its baby...

　　跨國投資銀行香港高層約翰收到勒索電郵，如不按指示三日內交出約十九萬港幣，有關臺灣科網龍頭公司之機密融資分析就會被公開。為了公司聲譽，也為免客戶股價大幅波動，約翰暗中找來昔日大學舍堂堂友兼刑警唐輔協助調查。　　機密融資分析由約翰四位下屬負責，其中牧野一度失蹤，嫌疑極大。發現檔案在內聯網被偷之小儒，因曾向電腦部職員阿植求救，結果整個團隊連阿植六人，都被約翰安排到附近一間貴賓公寓套房，接受唐輔以至其手下全天候監視，直至完成贖金交易。　　由于贖金奇少，綁匪顯然志不在錢，其多個古怪指示更令人困惑。當阿植協助追蹤綁匪電郵源頭時，竟發現電郵是由公司伺服器發出，換言之綁匪必有內應。其后電郵證實來自阿植手機，縱然他在早上已遺失手機，而最后是小儒接觸他手機，阿植依然百詞莫辨。　　唐輔發現阿植家庭背景殊不簡單，疑似內應之神秘人又頻頻現身，加上科網公司原來曾有高層因新一代網上平臺開發延誤而被迫離職，甚至行蹤成疑，這一切都有關連嗎？　　由開發延誤導致融資失敗，由此可能觸發新一輪全球股災，到最后綁匪竟要求用約翰用網上拍賣繳交贖款，究竟唐輔這一代會明白新一代的上網心態嗎？不了解又能否替約翰低調破案？阿植又可會知道誰是真兇？以至真兇為何要陷害他嗎？　　綁匪背后真正動機又是什麼？

　　曾經名噪一時的女明星羅賓·懷特（羅賓·懷特 Robin Wright 飾）早已過氣，45歲的她因為執拗和任性毀掉的很多機會，也讓公司老板杰夫（丹尼·赫斯頓 Danny Huston 飾）漸漸失去了耐心。杰夫逼迫她簽下演員生涯最后一份合約，從此羅賓的名字和三維掃描后的虛擬 形象只能出現在公司的展示墻上和數字時代的電影中。羅賓起初極度抵制，但在經紀人艾爾（哈威·凱特爾 Harvey Keitel 飾）的竭力勸說下，同時考慮到兒子亞倫（柯蒂·斯密特-麥菲 Kodi Smit-McPhee 飾）的狀況，這個倔強的女人選擇妥協。20年后，羅賓驅車前往亞伯拉荷馬參加未來學大會，而那里是一個全動畫封鎖區。以動畫形象示人的羅賓將經歷一次難忘的旅程……　　本片根據波蘭科幻、哲學、未來學作家斯坦尼斯拉夫·萊姆的短篇小說改編。

　　在一個舒適的季節，弗朗西斯科（艾邦·摩斯·貝克許 Ebon Moss-Bachrach 飾）和懷有身孕的妻子貝絲（凡妮莎·肖 Vinessa Shaw 飾）來到墨西哥某個海濱小鎮度假。適值狂歡節期間，小鎮四周歌舞升平，紙醉金迷，多少青年男女流連忘返。弗朗西斯科渴望尋覓一個安寧的所在，他找到當地的漁夫，從對方手中租下一艘船，打算在附近某個僻靜的小島安然度過五六天。次日，他和妻子抵達目的地。那里寂靜無聲，幾乎看不到一個人影。島上的孩子們偶爾逡巡四周，但無一例外臉上都掛著猙獰冷漠的表情。　　未過多久，令他們毛骨悚然的事情接連發生。島上的孩子手執兇器獵殺成人，期間更發出令人不寒而栗的笑聲。孩童的殺戮仍在繼續，弗朗西斯科夫婦能否逃離……