一个被称为“火把”(尚格·云顿 Jean-Claude Van Damme 饰)的变态杀手的出现让西雅图市市民陷入了恐慌之中,作为负责此案的警官,杰克(迈克尔·鲁克 Michael Rooker 饰)和其搭档安吉(凯瑟琳·丹特 Catherine Dent 饰)对杀手进行了长时间的追击,几经交手后,虽然“火把”负伤,但还是逃之夭夭。 杰克的退休日眼看就要来临,虽然案件没有水落石出,但他还是决定放下手中的一切,安享闲散生活,而就在这个节骨眼上,杰克得知了“火把”的下一个目标竟然就是自己的母亲的惊人消息。利用“火把”的DNA,政府将“火把”克隆了出来,根据克隆人的思维模式来推测真正的“火把”的行动规律。虽然克隆“火把”并不邪恶,但深藏在他基因中的犯罪基因却像一个定时炸弹般随时都要爆发。在双重威胁中,杰克能够获得最终的胜利吗?Jake Riley is working on the "Torch" case, a psycho serial killer, who kills women with kids and sets them on fire after they are dead. The killer calls Riley sometimes and now, that Riley retires, the killer has no person to play against anymore. The NSA comes into play here and offers a job to Riley. A replicant, or better a clone of the killer should help him find the real one, as kind of test if it works out. Now Riley is back on track, with a clone of the killer at his hand on the way to discover that nobody is born as murderer.