1919. After fighting in WWI as a sniper Travis, now a Policeman in the vast empty spaces of northern Australia, loses control of an operation that results in the massacre of an Indigenous tribe. After his superiors insist on burying the truth Travis leaves in disgust, only to be forced back twelve years later to hunt down Baywara, an Aboriginal warrior whose attacks on new-settlers are causing havoc. When Travis recruits mission-raised Gutjuk, the only known massacre-survivor as his Tracker, the truth of the past is revealed and Travis becomes the hunted.
生化制药厂的老板Franklin(塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰)提供大量资金供让Susan McAlester博士(萨弗蓉·布罗斯 Saffron Burrows 饰)研究抗老年痴呆症的药物。Susan和研究小组在设备精良的海底研究中心,提取鲨鱼脑中蛋白质,注入坏死的人类脑细胞。为了可以提取到萃取更多的鲨鱼脑蛋白,Susan也同时加大了鲨鱼们的脑容量。这一举动让本来作为试验品的鲨鱼们变得更为强壮和聪明。鲨鱼专家Carter(托马斯·简 Thomas Jane 饰)因和鲨鱼们朝夕相处时发现了鲨鱼们的异样,并向Susan提出了警告,却得到了Susan的无视。终于,在最后一次验中,那些曾经沦为人类试验品的凶残鲨鱼们向人类展开报复……