聊斋志异之孽欲孤鬼

　　堪萨斯的农民威廉（克林特·伊斯特伍德 Clint Eastwood ）年轻时曾是出名的杀手和劫匪，然而当遇上了克劳迪亚后，他的生活开始彻底改变。威廉和克劳迪亚结婚生子后，洗手不干，一家人过着幸福的生活。好景不长，克劳迪亚不久故去，威廉独立带着两个孩子过着清贫宁静的生活。　　这时，该地区发生了一起牛仔醉酒殴打妓女并将其毁容的恶性事件，坏蛋警长达格特（吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰）只将此事草草了结，凶手仍逍遥法外。当地妓女纷纷捐钱，要求悬红1000美金请杀手来伸张正义。“思科菲尔德小子”找到威廉，要求合伙干这票买卖。为了给孩子们一个幸福富足的家庭，威廉终于答应再次出山。

 在星巴克工作的山姆（西恩•潘 Sean Penn 饰），虽已成人，但智力水平只有7岁。一次偶然，他收留了一个流浪女。该女子帮山姆生下了一个女儿后消失得无影无踪。他给女儿取名叫露西（达科塔•范宁 Dakota Fanning 饰），因为他最喜欢甲壳虫乐队的《天空中戴钻石 的露西》。他非常疼爱自己的孩子。露西在山姆的细心呵护下慢慢地长大了，她发现爸爸不能看懂稍微复杂一些的故事。她在拒绝长大，希望和爸爸一样。父女俩的生活是那么幸福。地区的教育官员发现了这个特殊的家庭，他们认为山姆没有能力照顾露西，于是把露西带走了。伤心极了的山姆一心要挣回露西的抚养权，于是他自以为是的去找该地区最好的律师……

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

影片改编自蒲松龄《聊斋志异》之《聂小倩》。小倩生前被人所负含恨而终，死后化为女鬼，被姥姥囚禁于兰若寺。恰逢书生宁生进京赶考，借宿此地，意外救下小倩。逃亡途中，两人不断遭遇人间及地府势力的阻挠，却也在此般经历中感情升温。宁生带着小倩感受了人间美好，小倩决心还阳，却在到达鬼市后发现事情远没有这么简单……