Based on the best-selling novel by David Guterson. After losing his wife of many years, retired heart surgeon Ben Givens learns that he has cancer and takes his beloved dog back to his boyhood home in Eastern Washington, determined to end his life on his own terms. Ben's journey, though, takes an unexpected turn, and soon becomes an adventure that shows him the way back to love...

在这个城市的高处、在一间大公寓内，居住着一对夫妻。他们非常相爱。女的是一个画家，男的是一个成功的演员。这是一个平凡无奇的下午——或者说不平凡的下午，因为明天凌晨的4点44分，地球将遭遇一场无法预计的灾难。没有预警、没有通知、没有办法逃生，当然，更不可能有生还者。在地球毁灭前的这天下午，这对夫妻过着和往常一样的生活，无忧无虑。其实，不仅仅是他们，全世界的所有人已经接受了地球行将毁灭，生命即将告终的命运。

米高任特种部队时，曾参与拯救波斯尼恐怖分子挟持的人质，可惜任务失败人质被杀，米高侥幸逃脱。退役后米高任职私人保镖，其老板在机场为枪手伏击身亡，其妻在机场逃过大难后，回到家中再次受击，米高因而被革职，米高追查下，发现凶手竟是两年前恐怖分子首领，其时米高的行动受阻，而一起查案的探员的女儿亦被绑架，令案情更加复杂......

　　A ruthless corporate raider on the verge of making partner at his NYC private equity firm, is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father's nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With the foreclosure deadline looming, he must decide to either join the community's fight to save the factory, or let it close and relocate to China.

影片讲述了一群澳大利亚移民在异国他乡发现自己，共同建立新生活的故事。