Akcijski film nas popelje v prihodnost, v leto 2100, kjer bomo spremljali kapitana Noaha in njegovo hčerko Ariel, ki živita na posebni podmornici Nautilus. Posebno plovilo jima omogoča potovanje skozi čas. Po katastrofi na Zemlji nameravata potovati v preteklost, v leto 1997, da bi preprečila dogodke, ki so pripeljali do uničenja in temne prihodnosti našega planeta.
Over one hundred years ago, a cataclysmic chain of events plummeted the earth into the dark ages which destroyed most of civilization, and the remaining few survivors attempt to change the course of events that led to the destruction.