在巴布亚新几内亚某地一个人迹罕见的原始丛林腹地，有一个号称洞穴之母的巨洞——伊萨·阿拉。腰缠万贯的探险家卡尔（Ioan Gruffudd 饰）一掷千金，雇用拥有丰富洞穴探险经验的弗兰克（Richard Roxburgh 饰）及其团队对这里进行勘查。转眼之间几个月过去，伊萨·阿拉的勘探虽然颇见成效，但进度仍显缓慢。与此同时，强烈的热带风暴即将到来，洞穴探险迫在眉睫。卡尔为此和弗兰克发生争吵，而后者孤注一掷，和早已身心疲惫的搭档茱德（Allison Cratchley 饰）潜入水中，挑战有着“魔鬼之限”之称的凶险通道。另一方面，卡尔的女友维多莉亚和弗兰克的儿子乔希也到洞中探险。殊不知灭顶之灾正在逼近……本片根据Andrew Wight在西澳大利亚探洞时的真实经历改编，采用《阿凡达》的3D摄像机拍摄。
In 2245, the Earth’s sun has dwindled and no longer provides the energy needed to sustain human life.Five hired mercenaries travel to an uncharted planet to collect a rare mineral known as stardust to replenish the dying star. After their spaceship crashes on the alien planet, they are stalked and hunted by a creature far more advanced than anything they have ever encountered before…
