An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know the news before it happens. A mysterious old man (John Philliber) grants the reporter that power, even as he cautions against using it. Now able to predict the news 24 hours in advance, the reporter goes about scooping all the other papers, picking sure-fire winners at the race track, and enjoying life... until he learns -- in advance, of course -- of his own death. Our hero's problem: How can he keep the future from happening?(imdb) 主人公每天晚上都收到一份次日早上出版的报纸，他获悉自己在数小时内即将毙命，然而他却幸存下来了。（乔治·萨杜尔《世界电影史》）
陈家桥（吴镇宇 饰）不是一个好情人，如果你十分在意他能随传随到的话。空姐coco（江一燕 饰）就十分饱受折磨，他偶尔天天出现给你惊喜，偶尔几个月不见人影，然而沉浸在爱河中的coco对于爱情和爱人是毫不怀疑的。一次与家桥争吵后家桥夺门而出，意外认识自称顾晓繁（余男 饰）的女人，她声称自己在电台教饮食节目，更是热心地教coco做菜的技巧以抓住家桥。Coco满怀感激，直到一天她发现了真正的顾晓繁与自己认识的女人并不相同……
