影片改编自Maurice G. Dantec的畅销小说《Babylon Babies》。 未来世界,随着科技的超速发展,大量高科技的机器人投入使用,为人类提供便利的同时也取代了大批劳动力。很快机器人的数量就已与人类不相上下,世界变成了机器与人类共生的一个团体。Toorop(范·迪塞尔 Vin Diesel 饰)是一名退役的老兵,空有一身的武艺却终日无所事事,转业当上了拿钱办事的雇佣兵,专门接受各种护送任务。一日,他接受了一项新任务:在Rebecca修女(杨紫琼 Michelle Yeoh 饰)的陪同下,押解一个神秘女人横跨欧亚大陆。然而他并不知道对方身上原来有着某种可怕的病毒,这种病毒的力量足以毁灭全世界。与此同时,一个邪教组织也正在对她虎视眈眈,企图利用这名女性产下一个基因改良的人种……In a near future, the mercenary Toorop is hired by the powerful criminal Gorsky to take a woman named Aurora from a Noelite Convent in Central Asia to New York. In return, he will receive a large amount of money and a clear passport. Toorop joins Aurora and her guardian Sister Rebeka as they cross the dangerous Russian landscape chased by mercenaries that also want Aurora. On their journey, Toorop discovers that Aurora has special abilities and once in New York, they see on the news that the Noelite Convent has just been bombed. When Aurora discloses that she is a virgin and pregnant with twins, Toorop realizes that there is something sinister behind his mission and that he and Sister Rebeka are not part of Gorsky's plans.