近未来的美国，全国失业率仅为1%，犯罪率则创下史上最低纪录，暴力几乎消失无踪。美利坚合众国仿佛进入宛如天堂的美好黄金时代，而促成这完美表象的则是前所未闻的大扫荡计划。国家为了有效释放公民心底的压抑和不满情绪，特别规定每年有一天的晚上7点之后举行长达十二小时的全国性大扫荡，届时人们将走上街头，展开完全不用承担法律责任的殴斗与杀戮。在这个畸形的时代，安保系统推销员詹姆斯·桑丁（伊森·霍克 Ethan Hawke 配音）大发其财，与妻子儿女过着养尊处优的幸福生活。 又是一年大扫荡之夜到来，桑丁一家端坐固若金汤的豪华府邸，在屏幕前观赏杀戮之夜的表演。谁知这一晚，詹姆斯的儿子查理出手拯救了一名被追杀的流浪汉，桑丁一家不可避免被卷入血腥的漩涡之中……
在清洁公司工作的日比野卡夫卡，因与日本防卫队的希望之星一青梅竹马的亚白米娜重逢，重燃曾经放弃的防卫队梦想。然而，就在此时，他却意外变身为拥有强大力量的“怪兽8号”。在后辈市川莱诺的帮助下，卡夫卡一边隐藏真实身份，一边参加防卫队选拔考试。然而，在生活似乎步入正轨时，一场由高智商怪兽发起的防卫队基地袭击事件，彻底打破了平静。
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...
