Estando de vacaciones en el extranjero, la estudiante universitaria Ella Hatto (Odeya Rush) descubre que toda su familia ha sido asesinada. Cuando ella va a correr el mismo destino, es salvada por un antiguo mercenario, Stephen Lucas (Sam Worthington). Ella entonces se unirá a él para intentar dar caza a los responsables.
It is 1912 and war looms on the horizon. The school year begins in a boarding school run by priests. Zoltán's father, is one of the masters and struggling with questions that challenge their faith, while waiting for news of his brother, Titanic passenger, and is a particularly problematic group of new students, many of whom have been fond increasingly heavy play each other jokes. The arrival of Father Weigl, hired to teach physical education, will bring alarming consequences.