A group of diverse individuals are suddenly taken from their homes and flown via helicopter to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, one-third of a mile below the surface of the Earth. There, they learn that a nuclear holocaust is taking place and that they've been "chosen" by computer to survive in the sh…

按照Richard Matheson的同名小说改编。Robert Neville是生化武器苛虐世界今后的“生还者”之一。固然在生化战争后的世界上存活了几百个“人”，可是他们已经变异，害怕阳光，嗜杀人，他们构成一个族群。Neville必需行使各类手段祛除他们。