时为2013年,世界各地突然被死神的阴影所笼罩。凡是身处开放空间的人类,无一例外将丧失宝贵生命。外表俊朗的马克(奎姆·古铁雷兹 Quim Gutiérrez 饰)是一条生活在巴塞罗那的苦闷程序狗,上司埃里克(José Coronado 饰)不近人情的苛刻要求压得他早已喘不过气来,而与美丽女友朱莉娅(玛塔·埃图 娜 Marta Etura 饰)的关系似乎也进入了瓶颈期。灾难降临后,马克和其他人被困在某栋建筑物内长达三个月。担心女友的安全,他决定铤而走险离开这个绝地。马克与持有GPS的埃里克携手,穿越重重危险向外行进。繁华的大都市,人们却早已习惯自我囚禁在隔绝的空间内,而宁愿丧失与他人交流的能力。幡然醒悟,为时已晚……
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...