一场特大地震威胁着旧金山，一系列的前震在整个城市肆虐。现在，一支由应急服务和灾难专家组成的精英团队汇聚在预计的震中，不知疲倦地工作，在这座城市被毁灭之前尽可能多地拯救生命。

A group of world leaders awakens a creature beneath the ocean floor, and mankind's only hope rests on an alliance between the giant ape and his mechanical arch-nemesis.