Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. The woman stays by the remains of the the satellite but is soon caught by evil punks who have taken power.

　　In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above his duty. He provides for Last Arc, a once nomadic band of survivors in need of food and water that is now growing scarce. The answer must be found before a group of outlandish Heretics descend upon them. Cygnus must voyage across the treacherous landscape to defend his people. Sent by Nova, the matriarch of the band, she acts based on her vision for Cygnus to find a seed of hope. The future of Last Arc is for him to discover, Cygnus ventures into a hostile landscape in search of an answer for his people. On this journey of encountering many traps and dangers, Cygnus discovers what has been hunting him is his identity.

　　公元2035年，人类被12只猴子军研制的一种病毒侵袭，大部分人类都在这场病毒灾难中死亡，只有少数人侥幸逃生，但也只能在阴暗的地下，苟且偷生。　　科学家们决定派人穿越时光回到1996年追查12只猴子军的来历。囚徒詹姆斯·科尔(布鲁斯·威利斯 Bruce Willis 饰)被 挑选为志愿者。阴差阳错，科尔回到了1990年，当他向当时的人们描述未来的那场大灾难时，被当作精神病捉了起来并被医生凯瑟琳·雪莉（玛德琳·斯通 Madeleine Stowe 饰）诊断为精神分裂症。科尔在病友杰弗里·戈因斯帮助下逃脱，回到了未来。因为没查清12只猴子军的来历，科尔再次被派回了1996年。　　科尔这次发现了12只猴子军的起源地在费城，他找到了医生凯瑟琳，二人一起展开了追查12只猴子军的冒险之旅!

在一个平静的夜晚，一辆飞驰而来的汽车，撞碎了音乐教授约翰（威廉·麦鲍瑟 William Mapother 饰）的幸福生活，他的妻女以及美好的人生都被尚未成年的少女罗娜（布里特·马灵 Brit Marling 饰）夺去。这起事故，也让罗娜的心灵蒙受巨大打击。罪恶感让她过着最底层的生活，却始终逃脱不掉灵魂的谴责。偶然机会，她重逢约翰，并以清洁人员的名义走进约翰潦倒无望的生活。在一段时间相处过后，他们渐渐温暖了彼此漫布创痕的心。与此同时，人类发现了一颗与地球极为相似的行星，而那里似乎也住着人类另一个自己。这是希望，还是美好的梦想？ 　　本片荣获2011年圣丹斯电影节评委会特别奖。

　　近未来，神秘症状在人群间扩散，恐惧在空气中曼延。原因不明，只知感染者初期会产生骨骼变异，身体长出毛皮或鳞片，原有人类特质将逐步退化。政府束手无策，只能强制收管已兽化的感染者。方苏瓦深信挚爱的妻子还在那张突变的面孔底下，无论她被转到多远的收容所，他都带着青春期的儿子艾米搬迁跟随。尝试融入新班级的艾米，却意外发现身体也出现了难以启齿的变化⋯⋯