苏珊娜(Kristin Scott Thomas 克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 饰)是个拥有优渥生活的中年妇女,她的丈夫是小有名气的牙医,并且正在慢慢涉足政治仕途,她有一双乖巧儿女,刚刚十几岁需要照顾,她自己也在努力重返事业——成为理疗师。这样的生活似乎可以永久持续下去,但一切随着伊万(Sergi López 饰)的到来土崩瓦解。伊万是个随处打工的西班牙建筑工人,帮苏珊娜家扩建工作室时与她相识,很快,苏珊娜对伊万产生一股莫名的欲望,以探伤为借口追随他到西班牙,很快燃起干柴烈火的激情。不可遏制的二人秘密相会,直到苏珊娜决意抛弃妻子与伊万私奔,完全不顾她盛怒的丈夫动用一切政治关系切断她的经济来源……
孤独的科学怪人弗兰肯斯坦(克里斯蒂安·贝尔 饰)来到了1930年代的芝加哥,恳请顶级科学家尤弗洛尼斯博士(安妮特·贝宁 饰)为他创造一位伴侣。两人成功复活了一名被谋杀的年轻女子,“新娘”(杰西·巴克利 饰)就此诞生。然而事态发展却远超两人想象:谋杀接踵而至,占有欲疯狂滋生,新娘能否挣脱“被创造”的命运?在暗黑混沌的逃亡路上,一场女性觉醒风暴开始席卷整个世界。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...