童年直視太陽後，一名數學家認為世界萬物都能以數字來理解，但他也開始飽受劇烈頭痛、極度妄想與幻覺干擾所苦。孤僻的他潛心研究，試圖透過數字推演出生命跡象中的奧秘和規律，探究宇宙真相。某天，他意外發現一組具有216個數字的神秘密碼，別有居心的人馬接踵而至，包括了神祕的猶太教士、來自華爾街的女人等，各自提供線索。為了破解這組密碼，他在介於真實或虛擬的世界中，逐漸走向自我毀滅的崩潰之路。

名導戴倫．艾洛諾夫斯基一鳴驚人的首部長片，便展現如往後作品中偏執至走火入魔的瘋狂人性，並巧合地與他甚為推崇的日本動畫大師今敏首部長片《藍色恐懼》同期間製作，更添一份東西方遙望相應的創作機緣。以16釐米高對比黑白反轉片膠卷拍攝，迷幻配樂令人窒息且沉醉，強烈實驗質感奠定邪典地位，4K數位修復版大銀幕震撼心理最深的恐懼。

A mathematician becomes obsessed with searching for patterns in the universe as part of a quest for meaning. In NYC's Chinatown, recluse math genius Max believes "everything can be understood in terms of numbers," and he looks for a pattern in the system as he suffers headaches, plays Go with former teacher Sol Robeson, and fools around with an advanced computer system he built in his apartment. Both a Wall Street company and a Hasidic sect take an interest in his work, but he is distracted by blackout attacks, hallucinations, and paranoid delusions…