Evan Treborn, ungur maður sem er að berjast við að vinna bug á sársaukafullum bernskuminningum, uppgötvar tækni sem gerir honum kleift að ferðast aftur í tímann og hernema líkama barns síns til að breyta gangi sársaukafullrar sögu hans. Hins vegar uppgötvar það einnig að allar smávægilegar breytingar í fortíðinni breyta mjög framtíð hans.
When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to exist. Knowing their fate will alter each person's life, destinies will be changed.
One day, electricity just stopped working and the world was suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Now, 15 years later, a young woman's life is dramatically changed when a local militia arrives and kills her father, who mysteriously—and unbeknownst to her—had something to do with the blackout. An unlikely group sets out off on a daring journey to find answers about the past in the hopes of reclaiming the future.
