Evans Treborns, jauns vīrietis, kurš cīnās par sāpīgu bērnības atmiņu pārvarēšanu, atklāj paņēmienu, kas ļauj viņam ceļot atpakaļ laikā un ieņemt bērna ķermeni, lai mainītu sāpīgās vēstures gaitu. Tomēr tas arī atklāj, ka jebkādas nelielas izmaiņas pagātnē ievērojami maina viņa nākotni.

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices.

Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and hidden side to Chaos, one that scientists are only now beginning to understand. It turns out that chaos theory answers a question that mankind has asked for millennia - how did we get here?