Set on a New York subway, The Dutchman centers on an encounter between a well-to-do Black man and an enchanting white woman who match wits in a sexualized game of cat and mouse that leads to a violent conclusion.

 Pierce Butler, a former Marine and long-retired marijuana smuggler, whose wife is suffering from a rare type of cancer, must return to his drug-running ways and make one Final Load in order to save his house, his company, and his wife.

　　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?

 故事發生在一艘名為“托林號”的英國皇家海軍驅逐艦上，在一場激烈的海戰中，該驅逐艦擊落了多駕敵機，創下了赫赫戰功，但它也因為拼搏在戰斗的第一線而傷痕累累，最終中彈起火。在艦長金洛斯（諾埃爾·考沃德 Noel Coward 飾）的要求之下，船員們放棄了托林號，塔上了救生艇，其中包括軍士長沃爾特哈迪（伯納德·邁爾斯 Bernard Miles 飾）和新兵肖蒂（約翰·米爾斯 John Mills 飾）等人。一行人在海上艱難漂泊，全憑意志和對家人的思念才勉強幸存，最終被一艘英國軍艦救起，獲救之時，剛開始浩浩蕩蕩的240名官兵，僅剩下19人。