一个男人醒来发现世界上只剩下他一个人，于是到处寻找其他的幸存者，弄清到底发生了什么事。他怀疑自己卷入了一个政府的研究项目，而这个项目与其他人失踪有关。最后他终于找到几个人，当他们开始信任彼此时，设法要知道自己被遗留在这个世界上的原因。

Utu is the Maori word for "Retribution," which sums up the chief motivating factor of this New Zealand-produced drama. Set in the 1870s, the film details the exigencies of British Colonial rule. A Maori scout, Te Wheke (Anzac Wallace), stumbles across a native village that has been destroyed in a British raid. Since it is the scout's own village, he deserts the British army, the better to seek "utu." Leading a vigilante force consisting of his fellow Maoris, Te Wheke kills as many British settlers as he can get his hands on. The feverish conviction of his crusade is in stark contrast to the attitudes of the British, who seem more concerned with material possessions than with human beings. Popular down under star Bruno Lawrence is cast as a vengeance-driven settler who makes it his personal mission in life to end Te Wheke's reign of terror. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi