本片是由杰克·哥德博爾格執導并擔任編劇，弗萊迪·海默、奧德婭·拉什和克里斯托弗·米洛尼等人出演的喜劇片。

　　2056 - Company soldier Hannah and scientists Gavin and Dimitri are on board of RUBIKON space station researching an algae project aimed to provide humanity with a permanent supply of oxygen and food. But all of a sudden the earth beneath them disappears in a brown, toxic fog and all contacts are broken - are they the last survivors? Should they leave the safe station, risk their lives by flying back? What is worth living for, what is worth dying for?

　　That day is seared into the memory of every human being on the planet: the day the world changed. First came the attack on the Philippines. Within days they spread, as though appearing out of nowhere, striking out at more islands, forging a foothold in the South Pacific. Then came the first attack on U.S. soil - Los Angeles - and the reality became clear: our world was at war once again, but this time with an enemy from beyond our galaxy. Now, months later, the fate of the world hangs in the balance as a mission to strike at a key enemy installation deep in enemy territory goes terribly wrong, and the Marines of the 15th Expeditionary Unit are scattered across the island of New Britain, leaderless, and facing impossible odds. Pacific Theater is the story of those Marines: fresh recruits who journey from their homes across the Pacific to the front lines. It is the story of John Blake, a charming Californian surfer who must find the strength to become a leader, Tracey Gleeson, a physics...

 這是一位始終以兩性關系、婚姻道德為主題的電影作者，這部獲得奧斯卡最佳外語片的《掏出你的手帕》也不在例外。關于影片，布里耶是這樣解釋的：“表面上看這是一部怪誕的電影，但實際上這是一部徹底顛倒道德標準的片子，不過表現得比較委婉且具有魅力。如果仔細觀察就可以看出，所有的道德價值都被顛倒了，所有的道德傳統都被拋到了一邊。人物的思想狀態正處于一種極端混亂的時期，今天你也許還不會把妻子當作禮物送給別人，但也許將來你就可以做到了。”