During dinner the system is working like a well-oiled machine. It constantly and solely feeds the few that foolishly consume all the resources while the rest survive on what little falls off the table. Inevitably when the supply is depleted the struggle for what's left leads to a catastrophic change. Sadly the offspring of this profound transition turns out to be not a sign of hope but the spitting image of the parents. The film is a sociopolitical allegory of our society.

在苏格兰一处军事设施发生多起不明原因的死亡事件后，Amy Silva（苏兰·琼斯 Suranne Jones 饰）和Kirsten Longacre（露丝·莱斯利 Rose Leslie 饰）被指派去查明真相。两人进入了英国空军充满敌意又封闭的世界中，她们必须面对致命的明日战争，同时为自己的未来而战。

失意的小说家兼教授塞隆尼斯·“蒙克”·埃里森（杰弗里·怀特 Jeffrey Wright 饰）出于怨恨，用开玩笑的方式写了一本小说，书中充斥着古怪刻板印象的黑人形象。不料这本书出版后大受好评，不仅获得文学大奖，还被拍成电影。