故事背景设在未来，威利斯经营的娱乐场所幻世，拥有一批机器人，当作人类发泄情绪，实施现实生活中无法实施的各种残忍犯罪的受害人。机器人每晚进行重启，消除前24小时的记忆，但重启过程对一个机器人（安拜·柴尔德斯饰）没有奏效，它有了记忆和自我意识，逃出了对它而言宛如地狱的幻世。它与托马斯·简饰演的，一心想扳倒幻世的警察，以及乔纳森·斯卡奇饰演的机器人设计师一起，向威利斯发起冲击。
Devastated by the recent kidnapping of his 15-year-old son, Largo Winch looks on, helpless, as his business partner commits suicide during a live press conference. As everything turns against him, as his business empire starts to fail, he discovers that the two events are perhaps linked: if he finds the criminals responsible, he will perhaps see his son again. From Canada to Burma to Hong Kong… Largo doesn’t yet know that his search will lead him straight to hell… An action-packed movie with an intrigue-filled plot that will grip you without respite till the final breathless seconds.
