影片改编自苏珊·斯卡夫·梅瑞尔小说，背景设置在上世纪60年代，讲述了一对年轻夫妇(勒曼、杨饰)搬去与美国哥特惊悚小说家雪莉·杰克逊(莫斯饰)及其丈夫(斯图巴饰)同住，他们因此卷入一场心理惊悚事件，而这也为杰克逊的下一部小说提供了素材。

　　Kala azar describes of a place that cannot sustain animal life any longer. In a big city somewhere in the south of Europe, a couple takes care of dead animals and abandoned roadkill as an act to give meaning to their life. Kala azar is a www.molikan.com meditation on the paradox of life-circles among beings of different species. A film about existence, on the boundaries between living and dead, human and non-human.

　　某天，世界各地接连出现奇怪现象：安装心脏起搏器的病人突然暴亡、鸽子迷失方向四处乱撞、金门大桥断裂、罗马竞技场遭到密集雷电袭击……一时间，人类陷入前所未有的恐慌，似乎恐怖的世界末日就在眼前。各国政府及军队紧急动员，急切找到这一连串灾难发生的原因。　　在这关键时刻，地质物理学家乔许·凯斯（艾伦·艾克哈特 Aaron Eckhart 饰）探明真相，原来地核因某种未知的原因停止转动，导致磁场消失。为了拯救人类和地球，乔许以及蕾贝卡·柴德（希拉里·斯万克 Hilary Swank 饰）、罗伯特·艾维森（布鲁斯·格林伍德 Bruce Greenwood 饰）等专家组成一支救援小组，共同前往地球中心实行艰巨而充满危险的拯救任务。人类的命运命悬一线……

Alice is a young woman opposed to the construction of a power-plant, an idea of her own father who is a member of the parliament. But a weird Visitor from the Future takes her to 2555, a future destroyed by the explosion of that same power-plant. According to the Visiteur, the premature death of her father would prevent this future from happening. But they’ll have to be quick b...

飞机被劫持，机组人员和地勤人员与袭击者展开紧张激烈的谈判，两名乘务员必须与对方斗智斗勇。根据真人真事改编。