曾在纽约建筑界享有极高声誉的富豪马丁·戴米恩(本·金斯利 Ben Kingsley 饰),而今饱受癌症折磨,不得不面对即将在半年后去世的事实。除此之外,他与女儿克莱尔的关系始终处于冰封状态,这令他不仅慨叹金钱的无力。不久前,马丁与菲尼克斯生物科技公司取得联系,对方声称使用最先进的脱换技术可以帮助马丁重获新生,简而言之就是将他的意识或者灵魂注入一具更加年轻健康的躯体内再生。经过慎重的考虑,马丁以爱德华·基德纳(瑞恩·雷诺兹 Ryan Reynolds 饰)的身份复活。此后的一段时间里,爱德华尽情享受重返青春的乐趣。 与此同时,这具陌生躯体背后所隐藏的秘密,则让他渐渐感到不安……
Two hundred years after Mary Shelley's novel the brilliant but mad Doctor (Thomas Kretschmann) has sustained his creature and himself over two centuries through genetic experimentation. In present-day America Detective O'Connor (Parker Posey) is investigating a series of horrific murders which leads her to the doctor and his creature. What she uncovers reveals the strange evolution the doctor and his creation undergo over the course of two centuries and the divergent paths creator and monster take in pursuing good or evil. 在玛丽·雪莱的小说两百年后,才华横溢但疯狂的医生使他自己和他的怪物从两个世纪前的当初的实验一直幸存下来。如今,美国探员 O'Connor 在调查系列谋杀案时,被引向了医生和他的怪物,并揭露出在长达两个多世纪的漫长岁月中,医生和他作品间的奇特演变和他们踏上善与恶的不同道路。
This film marks the directorial debut of Robert Benayoun. An artist (Richard Leduc) attending a party smokes some dope and develops the ability to see into the future and the past. He returns to his apartment where he sees the vision of a woman who had lived there 30 years ago. A friend tries to convince him it is his heightened sensitively as an artist that allows for the newfound abilities, but he soon has psychedelic hallucinations and his abilities increase with time. Stop-motion photography is effectively used in his sequence of visual experiences where the people exist but not the city in this metaphysical story.
某日,大卫(乔尼·维斯顿 Jonny Weston 饰)在阁楼里找到了身为科学家的父亲留下的遗物——一台摄像机和一套图纸,让大卫感到震惊的是,这套图纸的内容竟然和如何制造一台时光机器有关。叫来了妹妹克里斯蒂娜(维吉尼亚·加德纳 Virginia Gardner 饰)、好友坤恩(山姆·勒纳 Sam Lerner 饰)和亚当(艾伦·伊万格力斯塔 Allen Evangelista 饰),以及暗恋的女孩杰西(索菲亚·布莱克-德埃利亚 Sofia Black-D'Elia 饰),一行五人用过努力竟然真的制造出了时间机器。