一艘货轮意外爆炸,特工道格(Denzel Washington 丹泽尔•华盛顿 饰)奉命前往调查。然而,当他到达现场时,却发现自己分明是第一次到这个地方,却对眼前的场景十分熟悉。道格经过缜密调查,发现了这起爆炸事件与自己有着密不可分的关系。 他借助政府的时光实验室――这里可以获悉4天内任何地方发生的任何事件,发现了自己与一名神秘女子有着不同寻常的关系,而这名女子将导致未来的一场与自己有关的大灾难! 道格必须回到过去,将历史从一个实相引向另一个实相才能阻止这场灾难的发生。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...
河畔的绿茵丛中静静伫立着一张长椅。某个黄昏时分,这对久别重逢的青梅竹马在狭小的座椅上并肩而坐。他们交换着欲言又止却饱含温情的话语,细碎的话语间流淌着难以言明的微妙情愫。 这张承载着故事的长椅见证着人间百态:谈分手的情侣遭遇醉汉搅局,离家出走的姐姐与追寻而来的妹妹在此相逢,市政厅职员正谋划着拆除这座承载记忆的公共设施。 本片以一张长椅为原点,用多线交织的长篇叙事捕捉当代都市人稍纵即逝的生命片段,在方寸之间勾勒出浮世众生的情感光谱。