Follows a straight-laced high school student and her slacker best friend who, after a regrettable first sexual encounter, have 24 hours to hunt down a Plan B pill in America's heartland.
1898年,银矿工丹尼尔·普莱恩惟尤(丹尼尔·戴·刘易斯 Daniel Day Lewis 饰)因井下作业事故摔断了腿,但他因祸得福了解到秘密的石油信息。他利用领养的孤儿HW(狄龙·弗雷泽尔 Dillon Freasier 饰)欺骗乡民赢得了石油地盘,从此飞黄腾达。但是, 成为 石油大亨的他并不快乐,在一次意外事故中H.W不幸失聪, HW对他的怨恨与日俱增,他唯一认亲的兄弟居然也是冒牌货。传教士伊莱·桑迪不过是个借宗教蛊惑人心的小人。在一次采矿事故中,丹尼尔的工人不幸丧生。正当他希望伊莱(保罗·达诺 Paul Dano 饰)施以援手时,对方羞辱了他,两人从此开始明争暗斗……
正驻扎于伦敦的马戏团内,生活着自幼驼背的青年(丹尼尔·雷德克里夫 Daniel Radcliffe 饰)。他的丑样子只能供人家取乐,而青年独独热爱医学,尤其擅长解剖学。在某次演出事故中,青年用自己的学识救下了摔成骨折命悬一线的女演员罗蕾莱(杰西卡·布朗·芬德利 Jessica Brown Findlay 饰)。他的学问得到疯狂科学家维克多·弗兰肯斯坦(詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊 James McAvoy 饰)的赏识,于是后者想方设法将其劫了出来,还为其起名伊戈尔。在此之前,弗兰肯斯坦曾经做出盗取动物园死亡动物尸体的事情,而他这一系列的做法只为进行一项疯狂大胆的实验,那就是缝缝补补创造出来人造的生物。
疯狂之旅就此展开…
Since ancient times, a tribe on the African continent has been prophesying that a white boy will arrive to be their god the Son of the Moon. David, a 12-year-old orphan who lives in Europe, learns about the prophecy and believes that he is the chosen child and that destiny must be fulfilled at any cost. Before David can fulfill his prophecy he must escape the heavily guarded scientific organization that has adopted him. David's strange behavior and the fact that he possesses extrasensory perception, has attracted the attention of an organization researching so-called prodigious beings in the occult tradition. David soon discovers that their goal is to channel the moon's energy into a child yet to be born, robbing him of his rightful place as the Son of the Moon. Two women, Victoria, a member of the center, and Georgina, the future mother of the supposed moonchild, will help David fulfill his destiny. After several attempts David manages to escape the center and undergoes a series of new experiences love, adventure, supernatural events and even death. David is relentlessly pursued, pushing him further towards his goal, towards Africa where his fate awaits him.