Basada en la obra de Brian Burrough "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43". Narra la historia de Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), el agente del FBI que en los años treinta dirigió la búsqueda del legendario atracador de bancos John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) y su banda.
Unos hermanos gemelos que dirigen una casa encantada y una aspirante a actriz se ven afectados por la desaparición de una niña.
A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.
When a watch repair man acquires an antique pocket watch that can control time, he decides to use it to achieve his dreams. His plans soon become sinister when he learns he isn't the only one with the knowledge of the pocket watch.
After inheriting a magical gold watch from his multimillionaire uncle's estate, Robert Hays and his girlfriend, Pam Dawber, soon discover not only that he can stop time with the watch, but also that it holds the secret to his late uncle's fortune -- a secret that others fall over themselves trying to steal.
Brian and Jeff have been best friends their whole lives, and working thieves for the last few years. When Jeff suddenly has a change of heart about the morality of their money making methods, Brian takes advantage of an unusual situation during their last job in an attempt to change Jeff's mind.