1820年的寒冬，新英格蘭捕鯨船Essex受到匪夷所思的攻擊，一條龐大，擁有復仇意志的鯨魚，向著漁船猛烈進攻。這件真人真事的海上慘劇，啟發了小說家赫爾曼梅爾維爾 (Herman Melville) 創作了《白鯨記》(Moby-Dick)，但他的故事只披露了慘劇的一部分。《巨鯨傳奇：怒海中心》講述了事件的餘波，捕鯨船的生還者被迫到絕境，做出無法置信的事情去保命。船員面對風暴、飢餓、恐懼和絕望交迫，不禁對生命的價值，和他們的買賣是否合乎道德有所懷疑。當船長在大海尋找歸途，大副手仍然心繫擒獲巨鯨。

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Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in November 1820, her crew take to three fragile whalers. Alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the men must decide whether to head for the nearest islands - a thousand miles downwind to the west - or set out on an epic journey of almost three thousand miles to reach the South American mainland. Fear of cannibals forces them to choose South America. Almost three months later, the first whaler is rescued by another whaleship. Only three men are still alive. A week later the captain's whaler is also rescued, with just two men aboard. The third whaler is never found. This is a story of human endurance and what men in extremis will do to survive.

A young woman comes face to face with her sleep-paralysis demon, defeating it once and for all.