After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

　　某座住宅區(qū)，負(fù)責(zé)公寓內(nèi)各項(xiàng)維修事務(wù)的菲恩（Matt O'Leary 飾）和約瑟（George Finn 飾）是一對(duì)窮的叮當(dāng)響的好基友。某天菲恩的女友凱莉（Danielle Panabaker 飾）來到他們的住處，當(dāng)?shù)弥≡诟舯诘呢愊壬呀?jīng)很長時(shí)間沒走出房門時(shí)，凱莉自告奮勇上門查看，結(jié)果卻一臉錯(cuò)愕地回到二人面前。原來貝先生早已不見蹤影，房間內(nèi)一面墻貼滿了以三個(gè)人為對(duì)象的拍立得照片，窗口則有一臺(tái)奇怪的機(jī)器正對(duì)著菲恩和約瑟的房間。不久后他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，那臺(tái)機(jī)器竟是可以拍攝到未來情景的照相機(jī)。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了貝先生的尸體，然而因?yàn)檎障鄼C(jī)的原因秘藏了此事。
　　無意間擁有了窺視未來的手段，年輕人們的心不知不覺躁動(dòng)起來……