第一缕曙光

　　airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished" enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.

　　When Troy Holloway wakes up to find himself trapped aboard a drifting escape pod shooting towards the Sun he quickly realises the true terror of his situation. With rapid oxygen depletion and a burn- up rate of 90 minutes, Commander Roberts leads a rescue party to save Holloway before time runs out. Having recently lost his son and now confronted by his immediate end, Holloway feels less enthusiastic about survival. But Roberts, speaking to him only through a weak radio transmission, is determined to save his life, and both soon learn that the lives they have both lived influence each other in unexpected ways.

　　某年某月，沉睡超过三百年的冰岛拉基火山爆发，造成超过六百万人丧生，而随之喷出的火山灰席卷英伦乃至欧洲大陆，致令欧洲版块83%受影响。在此之后，20亿吨的火山灰遍布欧洲上空，按照某科学家的预测，拉基火山将导致板块连锁反应，引起一连串的火山喷发。与此同时，高温先是造成极地冰块融化，海平面上升，而浓浓的火山灰遮挡太阳，又致令温度骤降。冰雹、暴雪席卷世界各地，人类即将进入新一轮的冰河时期。
　　身处各国的不同之人，原本经营着平凡的生活，当此灾难来临之际，他们的友情、爱情、亲情以及生命即将接受最严苛的考验……

1982年冬天，挪威科考队的一架直升机突然打破了南极大陆的平静，直升机疯狂的追逐一只雪橇犬，最后坠毁在美国科考营地的附近。美国科考队员对挪威考察队近期人员骤减的情况有所耳闻，于是飞行员麦克（Kurt Russell 饰）与众人赶赴挪威营地，结果看到的是一地破败中四处散落着奇怪的尸体，并有证据表明挪威人得到了某种冰封状态中的生物。医生布莱尔（Wilford Brimley 饰）研究了尸体的变异却无法破解成因。当晚，犬笼中的狗遭到袭击并发生了变异，一种不可知的生物正在这孤寂的南极大陆威胁着科考队员们的生命……
　　本片翻拍自1951年由霍华德•霍克斯指导的《The Thing From Another World》。

　　由于在“内战”中站到了美国队长一方，蚁人斯科特·朗（保罗·路德 Paul Rudd 饰）遭到了FBI的禁足惩罚。眼看离真正的自由还有几天功夫，偏偏麻烦找上门来。原来初代蚁人汉克·皮姆（迈克尔·道格拉斯 Michael Douglas 饰）通过研究发现，他的妻子黄蜂女（米歇尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer 饰）一定还活在量子领域，而斯科特是能够将妻子带回现实世界的唯一希望。不由分说，汉克的女儿霍普（伊万杰琳·莉莉 Nicole Lilly 饰）将斯科特带出房间。此后不久，他们不仅要躲避FBI的纠缠，更要提防来自神秘势力的袭击，而“幽灵”的出现更将斯科特等人带向前所未有的混乱当中。
　　斯科特能否顺利获得自由？初代黄蜂女是否还存活在量子领域的某处？