時間推至當年探險隊與異形首次相遇的30年前,太空船「普羅米修斯號」正在遠赴外太空探索人類起源的秘密。他們相信在遙遠的星系之中,一些高等「異種生物」參與創造人類計劃,而這個剛被發現的星系,相信與人類進化,有莫大關係。太空船企業老闆彼得偉蘭(佳皮里斯)遂派出探險隊出征,作出為期兩年的太空飛行,女考古學家伊莉莎伯(露美慧柏絲)滿懷希望地與男友荷蘭(勞根瑪素堅)一起上船,並與機械人大衛(麥可法斯班德)及企業代表瑪莉迪芙(查理絲泰朗)齊齊踏上征途。怎料,在浩瀚宇宙中等待著他們的,卻是前所未有凶難和危機;不但影響到各人性命安危,更險些永遠解不開人類發跡的驚人謎團…
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
Malpertuis is the name of an old, rambling mansion which is in reality a labyrinth where characters from Greek mythology are imprisoned by the bedridden Cassavius. He manages to keep them, as well as his nephew and niece, prisoners even after his death, through a binding testament. As Jan, the nephew, unravels the mystery, he discovers that he cannot escape the house because Malpertuis is far more significant than he was led to believe.