电影聚焦于导致清除计划发生的原因,讲述了由于人口膨胀,社会问题加剧,一个名为New Founding Fathers of America的组织进行了一种社会学理论测试,即在某一孤立的社区进行为时一晚的发泄、攻击、侵略,促成社区人们之间的相互残杀。这一制度在全美推广,一时间马路街道都成为了杀戮的战场。故事的荒谬性吸引了大量观众,第一年的杀戮日就要降临,恶魔们都已经准备好了。
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...