艾萨卡（理查·基尔 Richard Gere 饰）是一位非常著名的精神病学家，某日，他接待了一位名叫狄安娜（乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰）的患者，就此认识了狄安娜的姐姐海瑟（金·贝辛格 Kim Basinger 饰）。美艳不可方物的海瑟很快就令艾萨卡坠入了情网之中无法自拔，然而海瑟已经嫁为人妇，她的丈夫吉米（埃里克·罗伯茨 Eric Roberts 饰）是一个性格非常差劲的男人，动不动就对海瑟拳脚相加，艾萨卡虽然心疼海瑟的境遇，但也束手无策。
对于反种族歧视组织而言，艾利沃曼（阿尔?帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰）是一个不可多得的公关大亨。虽然他不修边幅，精神萎靡，但是却能够从容地游走于政客、商贩、明星等社会名流之间。他利用自己的人脉关系，不断地创造者政坛和媒体的新闻。一次偶然的机会，他结识了女明星吉莉（蒂娅?里欧妮 Tea Leoni 饰），在车里，这个平日声色犬马的明星痛哭流涕，只有靠艾利的药片得以缓解压力。后来，他跟随她来到了世贸中心的顶层，那里正上演着醉生梦死的私人派对，艾利无意中目睹了一次谋杀事件。曼哈顿的一夜，让艾利开始反思此前工作的威胁，后来他开始向老友维多利亚（金?贝辛格 Kim Basinger 饰）寻求帮助，但是真正摆脱困扰显然更加复杂……
They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common: The Foreign Legion, their new family. The film tells their stories: of women struggling to keep their love alive, men who leave for battle, and couples forming on hostile ground.
Meet Steve, a fame-hungry, self-absorbed comedian on the verge of joining the ‘big league’. When he accidentally kills Mike, a jealous wannabe stand-up comic, he becomes convinced that the man’s ghost is haunting him. He tries meditation to calm his nerves, but an out-of-body experience allows Mike’s spirit to take over his body.