Professor Charles Francis Xavier, who has the mutant ability to read minds, searches for new mutants to train them how to use their powers for good and to prevent the mutants from harming themselves and others at his School for Gifted Youngsters. His opposition, Magneto "Master of Magnetism", is doing the same thing, but for evil purposes. He has made Mystique who is a shape-shifter, a principle of his high school to gather evil mutants to prepare them for war against non-mutants. The most interesting plot of the story is that all the heroes and villains attend the same high school. The classic battle of good vs. evil has begun again.
In an attempt to piece together fractured memories of a drug-fueled night in the woods, three friends confront guilt, jealousy, and a supernatural presence that threatens to expose their true natures.
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。
