George Malley (John Travolta) is an easy-going mechanic who is in love with Lace Pennamin (Kyra Sedgwick), a new arrival in town who wants nothing to do with relationships. On George's 37th birthday, he sees a strange light and is knocked unconscious. When he awakes, he finds that he has enhanced mental abilities and telekenetic powers. His new abilities begin to alienate him from his friends, but aid his courtship of Lace.

Thriller following the chaos unleashed when a pair of identical twins, played by Matthew Modine, are reunited in unusual circumstances. Henry Petosa (Modine) and Freddy Ace (Modine) were separated at birth and were not even told that they had a sibling. The two men lead very different lives. Henry is a polite and reserved mechanic who helps out his neighbours and has a crush on his best friend's sister (Lara Flynn Boyle), while Freddy works for a gangster, believes himself to be something of a smooth operator and is married to the materialistic Sharon (Lori Singer). When a morgue employee, Sonya (Tyra Ferrell), discovers that the pair are the children of a European noble and may be due a large inheritance, she sets out to track them down. Will the brothers be able to work together to win their inheritance or will it pit them against each other?