本片根据纳撒尼尔·菲尔布里克（Nathaniel Philbrick）的小说改编。故事讲述了埃塞克斯捕鲸船所经历的真实的海难。1819年，这艘船在南太平洋沉没，事故的原因是该船被一头足有梅尔维尔在《大白鲸》中描写的那么大的鲸鱼所碰撞。幸存的海员挤在三只小船上，在大海上漂流了90天，这期间他们经历了病痛、饥饿，最终竟演化到相互残杀、同类相食。

Year 2095. The world is ravaged by ecological disaster. Oceans have risen and all natural freshwater is gone. Fang Rung has undergone molecular fission in order to send his other half, code name Gordon Thomas, back in time to the year 2017. Gordon goes in search of scientist Mona Lindkvist whose ground-breaking research was lost before it could save the world. When Fang Rung loses contact with Gordon he sees no alternative but to travel back to 2017 himself trying to locate his other half before the world's balances are irreparably damaged. It's a race against time for Fang Rung to save himself and the world.

An edited version of the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, shown exclusively to fans in cinemas around the world in August 2022. In a time of relative peace, an ensemble cast of characters confronts the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.