Carla lives life locked inside her house with her kind but tyrannical father. When their isolation is interrupted by a mysterious stranger, Carla questions the reasons for her family's withdrawal from the outside world and discovers dark secrets that redefine their existence....
Cosimo, a buffalo farmer, refuses to sell off his land to the family of the young mayor candidate. When he finds out he has a tumour caused by all the toxic waste that are illegally disposed of in the fields of the so-called “Land of Fires”, his wife decides to carry on his battle....
生化制药厂的老板Franklin（塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰）提供大量资金供让Susan McAlester博士（萨弗蓉·布罗斯 Saffron Burrows 饰）研究抗老年痴呆症的药物。Susan和研究小组在设备精良的海底研究中心，提取鲨鱼脑中蛋白质，注入坏死的人类脑细胞。为了可以提取到萃取更多的鲨鱼脑蛋白，Susan也同时加大了鲨鱼们的脑容量。这一举动让本来作为试验品的鲨鱼们变得更为强壮和聪明。鲨鱼专家Carter（托马斯·简 Thomas Jane 饰）因和鲨鱼们朝夕相处时发现了鲨鱼们的异样，并向Susan提出了警告，却得到了Susan的无视。终于，在最后一次验中，那些曾经沦为人类试验品的凶残鲨鱼们向人类展开报复……...
