Cris (Nicholas Cage) has the power to see 2 minutes into the future, and works as a magician in Las Vegas with this talent, along with some moderate amount of sleight of hand. He notes however, that by the nature of seeing the future, every time he views it, it then changes. His ability is an innate talent he does not understand, but for a long time, Cris has been seeing a vision of a woman walking into a diner, far more than two minutes in his future. He knows the woman in his vision will arrive at 8:09, but does not know what day or if it is AM or PM, so he has been going to this diner twice a day every day to meet her and find out why he can see her farther than two minutes in the future. After drawing the suspicion of a Las Vegas casino by winning ten thousand dollars in a series of small, coincidental hands, Cage slips by their frustrated security, thwarting a robbery on his way out. The following day, after evading the FBI (that is attempting to bring him in to help with an anti-terror investigation), Cris finally sees Liz (Jessica Biel), the woman from his dream. After attempting to introduce himself repeatedly--each time seeing his advance fall flat, then changing his actions and thus the future--he charms her enough to get a ride from her to Flagstaff, Arizona. Cris is, of course, not headed there, but, thanks to his future sight, knows she is. When a road is washed out, they are forced to stay at a hotel on the edge of a cliff.
Agent Farris tracks them and assembles a large team to bring Cris in. The terrorists, who have been watching the FBI, also follow, hoping to kill Cris before he can help the authorities. Agent Farris confronts Liz while she is walking near the hotel and persuades her to drug Cris so that they can bring him in peacefully. Instead, Liz warns Cris, who tells her about his secret. When she asks why he will not help the FBI stop the terrorists, he tells her about the limitations of his ability. He can only see his future, and only two minutes in the future, but that he can see much further on matters concerning her. When Cris tries to escape, he is arrested, and the terrorists kidnap Liz.
In custody, Cris is strapped to a chair with his eyes held open and forced to watch television until he can have a vision that helps the FBI. When he sees a report of Liz being strapped with explosives and blown up, Agent Farris promises to help save her as long as Cris will help her.
Cris uses his future visions to find the terrorists and lead a tactical team on a raid to stop them. When they arrive, Cris is able to walk right up to the terrorist leader by seeing where the bullets will go and dodging them. After killing the terrorists and saving Liz, they realize that the bomb has already been moved. Agent Farris shows a seismograph to Cris hoping that he will see any tremors caused by explosions before they happen. Just then, he starts yelling that it is happening now, and in the distance, the bomb goes off, destroying everything around them.
Then we see Cris and Liz sleeping on a bed. Cris is reflecting that "every time you look into the future, it changes... because you looked at it." Because the nuclear weapon the terrorists had could hurt Liz, Cage has been able to see a day into the future, and is, as he lies there, exploring different possible courses of action, doing what, he reveals to Liz, is his duty that he has evaded for a long time, using his power to save people, now that he, having found Liz and love, has the courage to do so.
精彩对白：
Cris Johnson : You've probably seen a lot of those shows - Mentalists, Magicians, Illusionists - and wondered if they're the real deal. Your skepticism tells you it's just an act. That way, you can sleep at night. You'd be shocked to know that sometimes, not often, but sometimes, it is the real deal, masquerading as an act, hiding behind a few 50-dollar tricks, hiding in plain sight. Because if the magician doesn't do that…the alternative is impossible to live with…"
克里斯·约翰逊：你可能已经看过一些这样的表演--超能力者、巫术师、魔术师--想知道他们的能力是否是真实存在的。你怀疑的天性会告诉你，这只是一场表演……因为只有这样，你才能在晚上睡得安稳些。有的时候，你可能会对这个认知感到震惊，不是常常，是有时候--这些都是真的，只是被伪装成了一场表演，隐藏在一个只值50美元的小把戏或在眼睛能及的地方后面。因为魔术师只能假装这是不真实的把戏，否则他就没有什么选择的余地了。
Callie Ferris: Tell me what just happened. What did you see
Cris Johnson: If I do what you want, you'll keep me in this chair forever.
凯莉·弗瑞斯：告诉我刚刚发生了什么？你看到了什么？
克里斯·约翰逊：如果我告诉你，能让我永远坐在这把舒服的椅子里吗？
Liz: You can see things before they happen
Cris Johnson: Only my future... except with you. I saw far beyond anything I'd ever seen before. You need to get away from here.
莉兹：你能在事情发生前就预见到它？
克里斯·约翰逊：只是与我有关的未来……除了你之外。我刚看到了一些以前看到过的……你必须马上离开这里。
Callie Ferris: I believe that the urgency of this situation compels the use of any and all resources to obtain Cris Johnson.
凯莉·弗瑞斯：我认为目前的紧张形势，足以允许让我们使用一切手段和资源得到克里斯·约翰逊。
Cris Johnson: I've seen every possible ending. None of them are good for you.
克里斯·约翰逊：我已经看到了每一个有可能出现的结局，不过它们中的任何一个对于你来说都不是好消息。
Liz: I don't want you to die.
Cris Johnson: It happened. It just hasn't happened yet.
莉兹：我不想让你死。
克里斯·约翰逊：死亡早晚会降临的，只是现在还不到时候而已
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