University professor and
psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant Tom Buckley, a physicist, investigate claims of
paranormal phenomena. They observe a seance and later debunk the tricks used by the pretend
psychic. At the same time, famous blind psychic Simon Silver announces he will begin performing again. Silver spent decades away from the limelight after his most vocal skeptical critic died suddenly while confronting Silver at one of his performances. The news garners lots of media attention and Silver begins making television appearances to promote his shows. Buckley suggests that he and Matheson, along with fellow skeptic and eager student Sally Owen, go after Silver, but Matheson is against the idea. Instead, they monitor the performance of a "
faith healer" and former student of Silver's and, by using sophisticated surveillance equipment, are able to expose him as a fraud who uses an earpiece and is fed information from assistants elsewhere in the theater. Buckley suggests they go after Silver next but Matheson again rebuffs him, admitting that years prior she had tried to expose Silver only to be left shaken when Silver seemed to contact her
comatose son. Frustrated, Buckley attempts to monitor Silver's show on his own with the same equipment as before, but his attempt is immediately noticed by Silver and the equipment mysteriously breaks down. Buckley returns to Matheson only to find her collapsed on the floor. She dies shortly after from a chronic
vascular disease. Following Matheson's death, Buckley becomes increasingly obsessed with investigating Silver, but his efforts are interrupted by a series of seemingly inexplicable events; electronic devices explode, dead birds keep appearing, and Buckley's laboratory is vandalized. As the media frenzy continues, Silver agrees to participate in an investigation proposed by an academic from the same university that employed Matheson, even though she previously pointed out flaws in their testing methods. Buckley joins the observation team but is not allowed to participate in the tests and can only review recorded footage with his assistants. Though most results are inconclusive, one test, which uses two
isolation booths in an attempt to record
telepathy, shows Silver succeeding at a rate far beyond random chance. The results of the testing seem to confirm that Silver has genuine psychic powers, and Shackleton is set to publish these findings prior to Silver's final show. An increasingly agitated Buckley attends the show while his assistants continue to review the footage of Silver's testing. After being spotted in the crowd, Buckley is brutally beaten in the bathroom during intermission by one of Silver's assistants. At the same time, Sally discovers Silver and the person in the other isolation booth were wearing perfectly synchronized
analog watches and using a pattern based on the time to cheat the telepathy test. Additionally, she determines that Silver is faking his blindness as he never touches his watch's hands to check the time. Bloodied and pushed to his limit, Buckley storms the auditorium to confront Silver. As the two argue, more electrical disturbances occur and the stage begins to shake. However, Silver is confused by the occurrences and it is revealed Buckley is
telekinetic and the destruction around him has been a side effect of his emotional state. Buckley reveals that he has been working as a paranormal debunker in hopes of finding someone else like him or another explanation. Buckley tosses a coin at Silver's face, which he instinctively catches, revealing to the audience that he can see. Buckley leaves the theater, and through narration expresses regret for not telling Matheson the truth about his abilities while she was alive, as it could have comforted her to know that "there is more." Hoping she and her son can be together again in death, Buckley goes to the hospital and turns off the life-support machine that is keeping Matheson's son alive. As he does, he admits to himself that he can't deny what he is forever. == Cast ==