Michael Douglas and Demi Moore star in this thriller based on the bestselling novel by Michael Crichton.

Manager Tom Sanders misses out on promotion to a new face in his computer company - the power-dressing go-getter Meredith Johnson. Coincidentally an ex-lover of Tom, who is now happily married, Meredith attempts to revive old passions, but when her advances are spurned she promises to take revenge and the next morning Tom is accused of sexually harassing her.

With pressure from his bosses to save the company from scandal, Tom decides to fight the allegations in court but Meredith refuses to be easily brushed aside and seems determined to ruin his life, starting with his career.

When his niece disappears, forensic psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) travels to Washington, where he learns from detective Nick Ruskin (Cary Elwes) that she is one of eight women to have been kidnapped by a mystery man who calls himself 'Casanova'. When one of the women, Dr Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd), manages to escape from Casanova's lair, her attempts to help Cross track him down are hindered by the fact that she has been injected with an amnesia-inducing drug.