简介: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.
马特·达蒙,艾米莉·布朗特,弗洛伦斯·卡斯特里纳,迈克尔·凯利,菲莉丝·麦克布赖德,Natalie Carter,查克·斯卡伯勒,乔恩·斯图尔特,Gregory P. Hitchen,迈克·布隆伯格,安东尼·麦凯,格雷戈里·雷,詹姆斯·卡维尔,Mary Matalin,约翰·斯拉特里,阿曼达·沃伦,安东尼·瑞维瓦,法妮勒埃文斯,法布里齐奥·布里恩扎,大卫·毕逊斯,杨罗布,詹妮弗·艾莉,约翰尼·希科,佩德罗·帕斯卡