After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.

历经数年牢狱之灾，影子（瑞奇·惠特尔 Ricky Whittle 饰）终于迎来重获自由的时刻，可是他并不因此而快乐。妻子劳拉（艾米莉·布朗宁 Emily Browning 饰）数日前死于车祸，回家路上又遭遇自称“星期三”（伊恩·麦柯肖恩 Ian McShane 饰）的男人的不断纠缠。最终，影子受雇于星期三，成为对方的保镖。原来星期三的真实身份是北欧之神奥丁，由于现代文明的飞速发展，古老的神祇渐渐被人遗忘，而以手枪、毒品、娱乐为代表的新神迅速崛起。后者无所不用其极想将旧神驱逐，而奥丁作为旧神的代表则四处寻找伙伴，对抗新神的欺凌。繁华时代，神与神的战争拉开序幕……