一个变态杀手的出现让城市陷入了恐慌之中，杰克（丹尼斯·法里纳 Dennis Farina 饰）和他的心理学家朋友威尔（威廉·彼德森 William L. Petersen 饰）展开了对案件的调查。很显然，凶手的智商极高，因为在案发现场他没有留下任何线索。陷入了僵局中的杰克和威尔决定像汉尼拔（布莱恩·考克斯 Brian Cox 饰）寻求帮助。
汉尼拔是一个臭名昭著的罪犯，目前被警方关押，在汉尼拔的牢房里，狱医发现了一封来自凶手的信，种种迹象表明，尽管身陷囹圄，但汉尼拔和凶手依然保持着联系。通过破解信件上的密码，一个惊人的消息被公之于众，凶手的下一个犯罪目标不是别人，正是威尔的妻子和孩子。
长相帅气成绩优异的扎克（小弗雷迪·普林兹 Freddie Prinze Jr. 饰）是学校里众人羡慕的对象，可即便是他，也有着说不出的烦恼和困惑。女友泰勒（乔迪·琳·欧基菲 Jodi Lyn O'Keefe 饰）竟然向处处都不如自己的布洛克（马修·里沃德 Matthew Lillard 饰）暗送秋波，这让扎克无法接受。
为了争回一口气，扎克放出了狠话，声称自己可以将任何女孩调教得风情万种，没想到，当他要调教的女孩兰妮（瑞切尔·蕾·库克 Rachael Leigh Cook 饰）出现在眼前时，扎克却傻了眼。兰妮是个声名远扬的怪胎，她不仅打扮老土，脑子里更是装了一堆乱七八糟的怪点子，要将这样的女孩在短时间内变成一个万人迷，扎克面临着极大的挑战。
A married couple adopts two young children who witnessed their own parents murder. To help the children accept the loss, the couple must first deal with their own past demons.
A murdered starlet from Hollywood's Golden Age returns from the dead to torment the manipulative young actress chosen to play her in a film.
Behold! Another movie about crooked New York cops and the two unorthodox cop and lawyer that gives them the shakedown. The story was alright, but the action scenes were tremendous. In fact, they were too good for a movie that had a very solemn thriller aspect in addition to having trouble picking up the pace at points. Things will go slow and then bam! Some wild action scene oc...
