Deep below the opera house lives a mysterious man (Gerard Butler) whose hideous, scarred face is hidden by a mask and whose love for beautiful chorus girl Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum) is masked by darkness and shadow. The Phantom lures Christine to his lair with his beautiful music and promises of artistic success, and with his help, she catapults to the top of the Paris opera scene. But when Christine’s love turns from girlish admiration for the Phantom to deep adoration for the handsome Raoul (Patrick Wilson), the Phantom’s twisted jealousy and wounded rage bring forth, in his own words, “a disaster beyond imagination”.