Iran, 1980. After an Iraqi missile strike, the oil metropolis of Abadan descends into chaos. Fourteen-year-old Omid, who works as a food delivery boy, is searching for his missing brother – and for an escape route out of the besieged city....
和叔叔婶婶一起生活的瑞克（德雷克•贝尔 Drake Bell 饰）算得上是一个标准的失意路人甲了，他暗恋同班的邻家美女吉尔（萨拉•帕克斯顿 Sara Paxton 饰），但在吉尔狂妄的男友兰斯面前却感到自己毫无机会。在班级旅行中，瑞克一班人参观了动物基因实验室，擅于把所有事情搞砸的瑞克被经过基因改造的蜻蜓咬啮，从此拥有了超人的能力：不死之身外加具有吸附力的身体。与此同时，兰斯的叔叔兰德斯（克里斯托弗•麦克唐纳 Christopher McDonald 饰）掌控的医疗中心正在加紧研制人类基因改造技术，罹患绝症的兰德斯借助该技术令自己获得新生，但代价是吸取别人的生命才能维系自身存活。瑞克经历了超人学院后勉为其难开始了自己的城市英雄生涯，他与代号“沙漏”的恶徒兰德斯之间必有一战……...
Hart plans an innovative action film with unscripted, unexpected scenes to cement his legacy as the greatest. However, a blind spot leads him to fall victim to a vengeful plot from his past....
