In an outer-world night, creatures that live beneath human consciousness emerge and take hold of the narrator, dissecting his spirit and dismembering his thoughts. He beholds a mythical eternity filled with shadowy industrial scenes and monochrome textures—a heavenly hell of unending life and death.

　　来自克里夫兰的美国小伙子威廉•布莱克（约翰尼•德普 Johnny Depp 饰）往西部去讨生活，他准备前往当地的一间工厂应聘会计。不料，他错过了应聘时间，被赶了出来。还遭到了当地迪金森金属厂的老板的百般凌辱，甚至被枪指着脑袋。 　　当他沮丧地来到当地的小酒馆，一夜情发生了。岂料，和他发生一夜情的女子的男友突然闯了进来，子弹穿过女子的胸膛嵌在了威廉的胸膛上，威廉本能之下杀死了女子的男友，夺了他的马匆匆逃走了。 　　一段充满了惊险、追杀的逃亡之旅开始了…… ©豆瓣

After the nuclear holocaust, one man rises from the ashes to become the leader of a ragged gang of survivors. They soon discover that their greatest challenge is yet to come; they must fight a battle for the ages against the evil minions of The Bishop.