Follow-on from the 1986 film 'FX - Murder by Illusion' in which Tyler (Bryan Brown) is now semi-retired. However, his girlfriend s ex-husband talks him out of the quiet life after five years and into taking part in a police-sting operation. When the latter is murdered, Tyler investigates; with the help of his old police partner (Brian Dennehy) and soon they are trapped in a dangerous web of murder, treachery and deceit. Brian Brown and Brian Dennehy are back for an all-new action-thriller that continues the F/X saga with stylish wit, unrelenting suspense and amazing high-tech action. Five years after his first deadly adventure, Rollie Tyler (Brown) has left the special effects business and now designs sophisticated toys for a living. But when his girlfriend's ex-husband (Tom Mason), a police detective, persuades him to devise an illusion to capture a serial killer, Rollie is once again lured into the lethal world of make-believe. And soon, he finds himself trapped in a murderous maze of deceit and treachery in which he must depend on his ingenious tricks - and his friendship with detective Leo McCarthy (Dennehy) - to expose a terrifying underworld conspiracy... but only if he can stay alive!