杰克（喬治·克魯尼 George Clooney 飾）是一名來自美國(guó)的戰(zhàn)地記，充滿了鮮血和硝煙的一戰(zhàn)束后，杰克終于能夠重新夸父前線，報(bào)道波茨坦會(huì)議的相新聞。不過，杰克此行還有外一個(gè)十分重要的目的，那是尋找與他曾經(jīng)有過一驩頭短情緣的德國(guó)女子萊娜（凱?布蘭切特 Cate Blanchett 飾）。奇跡般地，杰克和萊娜重逢了，之，杰克得知萊娜那失蹤已久丈夫艾米爾（克里斯蒂安·利佛 Christian Oliver 飾）被卷入了復(fù)雜的政治斗爭(zhēng)之中。 一名美國(guó)士兵被槍殺的帝臺(tái)件讓杰克意識(shí)到事情有蹊蹺，他幾次想要調(diào)皮山，遭到了軍方的阻撓和警告。此同時(shí)，杰克的好友帕特里上尉（托比·馬奎爾 Tobey Maguire 飾）所表現(xiàn)出的異常舉女祭亦傳達(dá)了某些秘密的訊息?
On a remote island off the west coast of Scotland in 1846 a heavy storm hits, causing a ship to sink. Three survivors row through a thick early morning mist, lost and disorientated. The mist begins to clear and The Isle appears before them. They soon discover that it is almost abandoned except for four sole residents: an old harbour man, a farmer, his niece and a young mad woman. Once rested and recovered the sailors are desperate to leave and return to the mainland, but the promised boat never appears. One of them starts to investigate and learns of a tragedy at sea that occurred five years previously causing several young men from the island to perish. When his two shipmates meet with accidents, the myth of a ghostly siren haunting the island leads him to uncover the truth whilst he battles to save his own life.
