A middle-American teenage boy who is affected by 9/11, terrorism, and the war in Iraq becomes involved in an isolated high school altercation that escalates into a hate crime that shocks the entire nation.
Will Taylor has nightmares. He dreams of watching his father and aunt being murdered when he was only four years old. Will lives with his troubled uncle Joe Mitchell because his mother remains catatonic from the attack. Joe, who has his own problems with his girlfriend Sarah, has raised Will since the bank robbery that killed his wife and brother-in-law. Back in 1990 the whole town of Canyon Hills had to be moved because a new dam was built to prevent chronic flooding. The original town is now at the bottom of the lake. Will finds out that the stolen bank money was never found and begins diving to recover it and his past. Enter Carl Bennett, the bank robber turned murderer. Just released from prison, he is heading for Canyon Hills to recover the money he left behind. Who will get to it first?
이브(나타샤 헨스트리지 분)는 인간과 외계인의 DNA 결합으로 탄생한 씰을 복제한 혼종. 연구실로 호송되던 이브가 아이를 낳고 죽자, 새로운 종을 창조하겠다는 야심에 사로잡힌 애벗 교수가 아이를 데려다 키운다. 며칠이 지나지 않아 처녀로 성장한 사라(서니 매브리 분)는 본능이 시키는 대로 남자를 찾아 나선다. 이런 와중에 사라를 대상으로 연구에 착수한 애벗은 실력을 가진 대학생 딘(로빈 던 분)을 자신의 계획에 끌어들인다. 한편 다른 혼종들은 인간이 가진 결함 유전자 때문에 심각한 병을 앓으면서 서서히 죽어간다. 이로 인해 멸종위기에 처한 혼종들은 종족을 유지하기 위해 사라를 찾아 애벗의 연구실에 침입하는데...
