改编自Michael Crichton的同名畅销小说。　　此片是斯科特兄弟重导2008年的电视剧而成的迷你剧。　　犹他州的皮德蒙特小镇，一对男女情侣正在山上约会，突然一颗人造卫星掉落。好奇的两人将卫星带回小镇，却不知道也将可怕的遭难带回了小镇。突然间小镇上爆发了可怕的病毒， 人们纷纷不明原因地死去。为防止病毒扩散到其他城市，军队封锁了小镇，并派出了代号为“仙女座”的科学队前去查明病源。队员包括：传染病学家Jeremy（本杰明·布拉特BenjaminBratt 饰）、外空生物学家Angela（克里斯塔·米勒 Christa Miller 饰）、微生物学家Tsi（金大贤 饰）、病理学家Charlene（维奥拉·戴维斯 ViolaDavis 饰）。同时，一个名叫Jack（艾瑞克·麦克马奇EricMcCormack 饰）的记者似乎也在探寻着不可告人的秘密……

In a small rural community local police officers Zoe and Patrick begin their shift as normal but it soon becomes clear that something is wrong. Strange events unfold before their eyes, residents begin behaving strangely and mass suicide panic spreads amongst the community they are trying to protect. Zoe and Patrick realise they are under siege from alien machines as they become...

　　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.

　　史宾赛是一个郁郁寡欢的12岁小男孩，母亲刚去世、父亲总是不在家、姐姐爱捉弄他、女生又不喜欢他、学校的恶霸经常当众欺负他，孤单的史宾赛只好在漫画书中寻求慰藉。直到有一天晚上，史宾塞突然看到一颗奇怪的流星，坠落在家附近的废车场中。他跑去一探究竟，发现了一套金属人形太空盔甲，它拥有人工智能系统，有自己的意志，但是要有人操控才能发挥超人般的力量。史宾塞穿上了太空盔甲，从此，他的生活再也不一样了……

　　阿拉伯大陆板块的突然移动，引发了强烈的大地震，同时带来了海啸，这样的威力不仅摧毁了附近执行任务的战斗机，甚至掀翻了航空母舰。剧烈的大陆移动也导致天气变得越来越不稳定，尤其是夜幕降临时温度急剧下降，寒冷突然来袭，全球陷入一片恐慌与混乱之中。美国琼斯一家此时正在埃及度假，逢此浩劫的琼斯试图逃往安全的区域，希望有人能帮助他们一家度过此次劫难。地球再次迎来一个新的冰河时代，狮身人面像、金字塔、撒哈拉沙漠都覆盖在皑皑白雪之中。