1989年，前苏联对东欧的控制将近结束，这部影片讲述的是马力克的故事。他被两名警察暴打，丢在城市垃圾堆里等死。脑外科手术救了他一命，但也导致他完全的失忆。马力克在街头漫游，寻找藏身之所，也希望有人能给予答案。他在一个古怪的女子那里找到安身之地，还恢复了记忆。同时。他的敌人在追踪着他，害怕他会作出不利于他们的证明……

Ewa is a young ambitious engineer who starts to work for the team of an acclaimed architect Jerzy. Gradually she becomes aware of the bizarre relations he has with his wife and lovers.

The violence and high drama of this film is taken directly from recent Polish history. On December 13, 1981 national security forces swoop down on unsuspecting workers of the Wujek mine and arrest a Solidarity leader. Pushed to the limits, the miners call a massive strike, which is specifically forbidden under the martial law. A battle between the heavily armed police and the outnumbered miners ensues, and nine miners are killed.

Scope is a prisoner on a behemoth space station and is chosen, like all his fellow prisoners, to 'volunteer' for the exploration of far-away planets. Landing on planet Australia 458, he is given a hero's welcome with all the sex, booze, and violence that any one man can stomach. But as his new caretakers push him towards even more heinous and deplorable acts, Scope finds that his freedom comes with a high price; his own violent demise, broadcast live for the viewing pleasure of Australia 458's inhabitants.