本影片根据菲利普·K·迪克的短篇小说《规划小组(Adjustment Team)》改编。 天生就适合走上政治舞台的大卫·诺里斯(马特·达蒙 Matt Damon 饰),是一名政坛的明日之星,他在信心满满的参选纽约州参议员期间,意外认识了认识美丽的芭蕾女演员爱丽丝(艾米莉·布朗特 Emily Blunt 饰),两人一见钟情,正当情意正浓时大卫突然被一群穿黑西装、戴黑帽和墨镜的神秘人士绑走。这群自称是隶属于联邦的人生命运调整局的人,告诉大卫他命里该当总统,伊丽丝也会成为世界著名的编舞家,他们的相爱会使两人的前途都成为泡影。规划局想尽一切方式阻止两人再次相遇。知道真相的大卫是会追求自己的梦想而放弃爱丽丝?还是为了真爱,对抗命运调整局呢?Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York the only woman he's ever loved. On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Matt Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt), a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself, the men of The Adjustment Bureau, who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path... or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.