由于工作上的失误,发明家罗伯特(凯文·史派西 Kevin Spacey 饰)所发明的运动器械导致了数千人手部受伤,因此,罗伯特被判处了八年的有期徒刑,以此弥补他所犯下的过错。八年后,出狱的罗伯特并没有感觉到重获自由的欣喜,恰恰相反,当他发现前妻已经另结新欢并且霸占了房屋和财产后,愤怒和痛苦交织出现在罗伯特的心绪中。
无奈之下,无处可去的罗伯特只得投奔女儿艾利克斯(卡米拉·贝勒 Camilla Belle 饰),面对阔别已久的父亲,艾利克斯所表现出来的疏离和冷漠犹如一盆冷水,再一次地浇在了罗伯特的头上。八年
In 1943, revolutionary inventor Nikola Tesla died penniless in the New Yorker Hotel. Within 24 hours the U.S. government seized everything in his room. But one design was already missing. Seventy years later in Buffalo, NY, a brilliant young engineer has