一场火车对撞的惨剧夺去131名乘客的性命,大卫•杜恩(Bruce Willis 布鲁斯•威利斯 饰)奇迹般地成为这场灾难过后的唯一幸存者,且浑身上下毫发无伤。在他参加遇难者追悼会之后,他在车窗上发现一张神秘便条,写道:“你这一生生过几次病?” 不久,一个名叫伊利亚•普莱斯(Samuel L. Jackson 塞缪尔•杰克逊 饰)的黑人出现在大卫面前。和大卫不同的是,伊利亚天生手脚残废,脆弱不堪。喜爱漫画的伊利亚认定大卫就是书中那种具有超自然能力的超人。懵懂的大卫开始在伊利亚的引导下认识自身的能力……
Stephen Seary, a charismatic and successful stage designer, returns to his small hometown in Australia to say goodbye to his dying mother. What was to be a quick trip descends into chaos, drama, and at times downright funny moments as Stephen navigates family responsibilities, a difficult relationship with his father, old friends and past lovers, all while trying to return to Europe for a major opera contract.
Stella Ballister (Patricia Owens) receives the horrifying news that her husband met with an untimely demise while mountain climbing. Newly married, Stella asks for the retrieval of her husband's body - but the task proves impossible when the corpse accidentally falls into a deep crevasse, where no human eyes or hands can reach him. Mark (James Donald), having feelings for Stella, stays by her side, a close friend and nothing more. Forty years later, still trying to get over the news of the accident, Stella learns that the glacier has moved. Hiring a crew to help prospect her husband out of the ice, they find the body preserved and untouched. Stella views the body of her husband one last time.
Barbie Hallem is a bored rich girl, who drinks too much, parties too much and flirts outrageously with any man she meets. And there's no reason to think she stops at flirting, even though she has a boyfriend. But her boyfriend is a drip. He won't punch out a guy when he sees her kissing him. The dullard even tries to take her home when she gets drunk at a party. What she wants to do is go up to the mountains and stay at the cabin her uncle left to her. The boyfriend tries to tag along, but she manages to abandon him at the side of the road. Before the night is over, she'll wish desperately she had just gone home.