曾是美国隐形特工绰号“闪光人”的杰克(史蒂文•席格 Steven Seagal 饰)退役后在纽约当了一名普通的刑警,这次他遇到了退役后的最大一个挑战。洛山矶出现了一个神出鬼没、手法残忍的连环杀人狂,当地警察费尽心机都没能找到罪犯的蛛丝马迹,使得当地人心惶惶,于是警局局长想到了杰克。 杰克身负重任来到了洛山矶,在这里和他拍档的是经验老到的警探金(基伦•埃弗瑞•韦恩斯 Keenen Ivory Wayans 饰)。两人因作风和手法的不一致而产生了许多矛盾,但为了尽早完成认为,两人都只能忍气吞声迁就对方。杰克和金共同布下了天罗地网,不料却被狡猾的凶手逃脱了。与此同时,新的受害者竟然是杰克的前妻和她丈夫,而现场证据竟然显示杰克就是凶手!Jack Cole is a soft spoken, mystical, new age New York cop with a checkered past. He is transferred to Los Angeles to help Los Angeles cop Jim Campbell solve a series of brutal murders in which the victims are crucified. The murders that have happened since Jack arrived in Los Angeles just don't sit right with him. When the killer, known as the "Family Man", kills Ellen DunLeavy, who happens to be Jack's ex wife and the mother of his two kids, and Ellen's husband Andrew DunLeavy, it becomes personal - especially when Jack's prints are found on Ellen's body. Jack meets with his military mentor Smith, not knowing that Smith is in cahoots with local crime boss Frank Deverell.