美国华尔街股市大亨戈登·盖柯(迈克尔·道格拉斯 Michael Douglas 饰)在金融界叱咤风云,人人敬畏。在随时随地上演的金融大战中,他总能百战百胜。初出茅庐的纽约大学毕业生巴德·福克斯(查理·辛 Charlie Sheen 饰)野心勃勃,却空有满腔热血而投报无门。 一个偶然的机会,他接触到盖柯,用一个股市内幕情报帮其赚了笔大钱而受到重用,成为盖柯的合伙人之一。在对金钱、美女、上流社会的渴求下,巴德开始利用身边所有的人来刺探一切有利的商业情报,为自己获利。直到在一场收购他父亲所工作的蓝星航空公司的过程中,贪得无厌的盖柯出尔反尔想要解散并卖掉它,这让尚有良知的巴德幡然醒悟。他利用盖柯教会他的一切股市战术,狠狠地反击了大亨盖柯,帮助父亲拯救了蓝星航空。然而,因为违法操控股票内线交易,巴德不得不面临着冰冷的铁窗……
Josh Hartnett将主演Sky的小说改编剧《恐慌指数 The Fear Index》,在剧中他会饰演美国侨民的物理学家 - Alex Hoffmann博士,他发明了一个可以利用金融市场恐慌时那一瞬间的漏洞来赚大钱的AI系统。但在系统正式运行当天,Alex的家被一个知道他所有安保密码的人所入侵,而且后来发生的一连串奇怪事件,令主角发现自己被陷害了。
Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler.
But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager fame) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security.
And although the audience had witnessed the murder in the beginning of each episode, it was still a surprise to see what mistakes the killers had made during the seemingly perfect murder.