 Former government agent Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas), goes head-to-head against old colleague turned bitter adversary Ben Childress (John Cassavettes), when Childress tries to kill him, and kidnaps his son, the telepathically-gifted Robin (Andrew Stevens). Childress seeks to use Robin s powers to further secret experiments in  psi  research for weapons applications. Peter s only link to his son is Gillian Bellever (Amy Irving), an equally gifted teen who is tuned in to Robin s powers. Peter and Gillian join forces in a race against time to save Robin from his captors, and also from himself.