What if you had one night to solve the world’s problems? For seven geniuses, they have no choice. A terrorist culls together a scientist, a seminary student, a pro baseball player, a professor, a casino owner, a painter, and a pizza delivery guy to attempt to solve the world’s problems in one night.

Brett is a high-school outcast who doesn't run with the in crowd, unlike Samantha, the cheerleader he has a desperate crush on. Then one day, he gets a parcel in the mail -- a totem with the power to grant his deepest, darkest desires. Brett wishes for Samantha to love him, and she does, although after a while her affection starts leaning toward obsession. Then murders start occurring in the school, which Brett gradually starts to connect to the totem.

摆脱痛苦的过去,马特'泰勒回去找寻仅有的家,却发现他记忆中的家乡已经不复存在. 在和平底下,孤立无助的马特找到却是一个暗淡无光和不安的世界,到处都是由于仅有的梦想破灭后绝望的人们. 很快过去的记忆又来困扰他...... 黑暗的心探讨的是战争备受争议的主题,复仇以及美国梦的结束.