小小少年T.S. 斯派维（凯尔·凯特莱特 Kyle Catlett 饰）生于蒙大拿州一个偏远牧场，他有一颗聪明绝顶的大脑，酷爱制图学和科学图解，年仅十岁就发明了永动机。他的父亲（考乐姆·吉斯·雷尼 Callum Keith Rennie 饰）是个狂热的牛仔迷，搜集关于西部牛仔的一切；母亲（海伦娜·伯翰·卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰）是一位生物学博士，潜心投入到昆虫研究中；而姐姐则是一个最普通不过的正常人，她常常为生在这个一屋子怪人的家里而烦恼。T.S.原本还有一个异卵双胞胎弟弟雷顿，去年死于一场意外。
　　这天，T.S.接到一个来自史密森学院的电话，告知他被授予了世界科学大奖贝尔德奖，并邀请他到华盛顿演讲。于是，十岁的科学奇才T.S.斯派维，偷偷爬上了货运火车，独自踏上了穿越美国的奇异旅行。

影片从1959年十月开始，根据突发新闻，好莱坞影星弗林（凯文·克莱恩饰）刚刚去世。他死在爱人——一位17岁的影坛新星贝弗莉（达科塔·范宁饰）的怀里。更让人惊讶的是，贝弗莉的母亲弗洛伦斯（苏珊·萨兰登饰...

A Medieval Knight resurrects to fulfill his vow and bestow a blood-thirst vengeance upon the kindred spirits of those who betrayed him long ago. In the course of one night, identities will be revealed, destinies met, and a poetic justice of the macabre maniacally served. Here lies a tale of passion, loyalty, deceit, betrayal...and revenge. They were Warriors. They were Crusaders. Under the leadership of the righteous GREGOIRE, this band of brothers in the Holy Order of the Knights Templar selflessly fought back-to-back, defending GOD and the "True Cross." Until one dark night of utter betrayal... Glorious was their victory that night, gold their find. The spoils were to be taken to their Grandmaster for use in furthering their "Cause." Yet greed had infected one of their number - RENAULT - and under the influence of the demon of lust, he embraced and fiendishly persuaded others to help him carry out his nefarious plan of betrayal. Among those whose hearts he blackened was the already resentful MENAS, envious of his brother MELKON, the man famed as being both the greatest swordsman in all of Europe and the right hand of Gregoire. The following morning Renault's heinous plot went into effect and Gregoire, Melkon and their beloved steward KOKO were ambushed and executed for purposes of greed. But as he lay dying, Gregoire vowed his revenge. Ten lifetimes of excess Renault and his murdering compatriots would enjoy. And then he would return to deliver their souls to Hell for all of eternity. Ten lifetimes of excess... The centuries pass and after 700 years, the allotted time of the evildoers nears culmination. One dark, stormy night, the Crusader, upon his steed, resurrects to execute his pledge of vengeance upon the now kindred spirits of those who victimized him so very long ago. The stage is set for retribution as an eclectic group assembles at a secluded manor home under the guise of a promised "fantasy weekend" to fulfill personal desires. JAKE, the "events coordinator" will have his hands full playing host to his young guests; CELINE, the alluring and promiscuous Eastern-European, ASHLEY, the contemptuous yet beautiful socialite, AMY, the innocent and meek girl-next-door, HURCOS, the predatory Middle-Eastern playboy, and JAPONIKO, the uninvited and mysterious Asian minimalist. SHAUNA, the abrasive Irish cook, and her cohort in crime BENOIT, the bone-idle English caretaker, along with the enigmatic PRIEST and the benevolent SHOPKEEPER, round out this unusual and extremely colorful cast of characters. Jake assigns the position of assistant recreational coordinator to Amy, and as she reads from an obscure storybook, the tale of Gregoire and his righteous band of Templar Knights animates, and the story of betrayal is reenacted for the guests. Blood will flow excessively as the cursed and unsuspecting kindred spirits meet their imminent destinies one-by-one during the Crusader's maniacal reprisal.

来自廷布（不丹首都）：宗萨蒋扬钦哲仁波切的第三部故事片注定要是全然不同的。不同于它的前两部电影——《高山上的世界杯》（The Cup）和《旅行家与魔术师》(Travellers and Magicians)——VARA，在梵语中意为恩赐或护佑，本片将会有一套专业演员阵容，其中有些还是宝莱坞的著名影星。
以印度著名诗人和小说家Sunil Gan-gopadhyay的小说《血与泪》（Blood and Tears）为蓝本，这部电影将会是印度式的。部分可能参演的主演包括Imran Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Shahana Goswami, Mamatha Bhukya, 以及Padmapriya Janakiraman。
片子在斯里兰卡或者南印度拍摄。VARA发掘理解、慈悲、牺牲、无我等在真实生活中的典范。它赞颂女性的坚韧，挖掘种姓制度和信仰的层次体系。
【Vara】讲的是一位年轻貌美的印度教寺庙舞者和一位低种姓的雕刻家相恋……冒着两个人的生命危险，她秘密答应成为雕塑家的模特……在一个偏远的村庄，女孩儿为了保护自己未出生的孩子不惜一切代价……电影中一些村民会卷入纠缠的恋情和社会期望，整部片子也充满了印度传统舞蹈的场面。
以他一贯的幽默感，仁波切说，由于使用一个偏僻的语言制作，片子或许会变得无聊以及在商业上失败。但是，他强调Vara是与众不同的。“我非常紧张，因为它是与众不同的，”他说。Vara的主题包涵了很多复杂的议题，诸如种姓制度，婆罗多舞蹈——一种极为玄奥、深邃、广大和无限的灵性舞蹈。演员将不会是他的学生或者与他有关系的人，而是宝莱坞的演员或者一些独立演员。他计划很快就在孟买会见演员们。“所有这些将会使这部电影让我紧张不堪，我不能再使用『仁波切的专政』了，”他笑着说。由于一直是婆罗门舞蹈和卡纳塔克音乐（印度音乐传统来自古老的「婆摩吠陀」（Sama Vedas）经）以及胜天（Jaya Deva）的《牧童歌（Gita Govinda）》的粉丝，仁波切此番确实准备接受挑战了。

瑞奇（贾斯汀·丁伯莱克 Justin Timberlake 饰）是普林斯顿大学的高材生，生来就拥有超高智商的他在赌博上有着过人的天赋，从很小的时候起，他就懂得利用自己的这一优势来挣取学费和零花钱，并因此而过着吃穿不愁的富裕生活。
　　可是，常在河边走哪有不湿鞋，终于，瑞奇在一场十分重要的赌局中马失前蹄，几乎失去了全部。高傲的他深信是有人给自己下套出千，于是，瑞奇千里迢迢来到了哥斯达黎加，寻找赌王伊万（本·阿弗莱克 Ben Affleck 饰）。伊万利用高额的奖金诱惑瑞奇同他参加一场十分危险的网络赌局，与此同时，联邦调查局亦找到了瑞奇，希望他能够帮助警方捉拿伊万。