剧情介绍
二十世纪70年代，旧金山出现了一个自称“十二宫”的杀人狂，杀人后，向媒体寄一封信，留下密码、线索，向警方挑衅，多次的阴差阳错使案件陷入僵局，警方渐渐束手无策。连环杀人案件也引起了《旧金山纪事报》的记者罗伯特（杰克•格兰恩哈尔 饰）和保罗（小罗伯特•唐尼 饰）的注意，他们在警察大卫（马克•普法洛 饰）的帮助下，开始调查这一系列的连环凶杀案件，在和“十二宫”杀手斗志斗勇的同时，他们个人的生活也面临了极大的挑战。A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's book, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people.