A man nicknamed "the Jesuit," is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. When his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped and taken to Mexico, he devises an elaborate and dangerous plan to rescue his son and avenge the murder.
随着科技的发展,人类发明了能侦察人的脑电波的“聪明”的机器人――“先知”。“先知”能侦察出人的犯罪企图,所以在罪犯犯罪之前,就已经被犯罪预防组织的警察逮捕并获刑。乔恩(汤姆克鲁斯 Tom Cruise 饰)就是犯罪预防组织的一个主管。在一次通过“先知”成功阻止了一起因外遇引起的双人命案之后,乔恩隐约感到了这一套完美的预防犯罪系统中…