21世纪初,一颗隶属于前苏联的卫星突然出现故障,随时可能坠毁于美国本土,这令美国太空总署(NASA)的大小官员分外紧张。NASA打算派出太空人前往外太空修复卫星,但是却没有找到任何通晓当年技术的技术人员。所谓病急乱投医,几个业已退休的老家伙就这样浮出水面。他们分别是弗兰克·柯文(克林特·伊斯特伍德 Clint Eastwood 饰)、霍克·霍金斯(汤米·李·琼斯 Tommy Lee Jones 饰)、杰瑞·奥尼尔(唐纳德·萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland 饰)以及坦克·苏利文(詹姆斯·加纳 James Garner 饰)。在上世纪50年代,他们原本会是首批飞向太空的队员,却因为计划的调整而抱憾终生。如今,那颗捣乱的卫星终于能令他们一圆飞上太空的梦想……...
California gold rush, late 1800's: A gun slinging bounty hunter (Mortimer) travels deep into the mountains to find a deadly Apache warrior (Brother Wolf) who is wanted by the law. Along the way he passes through a gold mining Town. The miners help direct Mortimer to the Apache and send him on his way.
Mortimer enters the forest and begins to track the Apache. Back in town, the miners un-earth an ancient meteor. They use their pick axes to crack it open. A section of the meteor splits apart and spores explode out of it. The spore surround and infect the entire population of the mining camp. They are transformed into ravenous mutants.
After a vicious battle against the Apache warrior, Mortimer exits the forest with his prisoner in shackles. They hike back to the mining town to find them selves surrounded by a horde of blood thirsty mutants. Now Mortimer the gun slinger and Brother Wolf the Warrior must join together to survive the mutant hordes. What ensues is a bloodbath of horror for the Dead and the Damned....