The seemingly never-ending darkness envelops the dilapidated and icy modern metropolis, and an ominous atmosphere fills the air. John Murdo (Rufus Sewell) wakes up in a hotel bathtub with no memory of what happened before, even forgetting who he is and what his name is. Mysterious phone calls, cold corpses, and unidentified pursuers all leave him at a loss. With the only clues he had, he began to track down his identity and the cause of all this chaos. The bizarre side of this dark world is also slowly unveiled in his investigation......
The film won the 1998 American Science Fiction and Horror Film Academy Award for Best Science Fiction Film, the 1998 Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival Silver Screen Award, the 1999 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Pegsas Audience Award, and the 1999 Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay.