邁爾肯（丹澤爾華盛頓 Denzel Washington 飾）出生于一個(gè)黑白婚的家庭，其父黑人牧師，其母無偏見的白人。是當(dāng)時(shí)，美國種矛盾激化，3K黨經(jīng)常騷擾他家，他的幼小心靈中下了復(fù)仇的種子邁爾肯長(zhǎng)大后，跡于街巷酒吧之，甚至染上了毒、偷盜等惡習(xí)。次偶然的機(jī)會(huì)，爾肯與白人女子菲亞相遇，但這愛情因種族偏見夭折。邁爾肯因罪鋃鐺入獄，正他處于困境之時(shí)一位黑人教徒引他皈依了伊斯蘭，這也成為他人的轉(zhuǎn)捩點(diǎn)。他通閱讀大量書籍，漸了解了種族歧的文化根源，并次在公開場(chǎng)合宣黑人要獨(dú)立、對(duì)人復(fù)仇的激進(jìn)主，引起軒然大波邁爾肯成為很多的眼中釘，甚至遇了背叛，引來滅頂之災(zāi)…?
The film is about a young female researcher whose life is in danger when she discovers the pharmaceutical company she works for had developed a cure for cancer many years earlier. They haven't released it because that would destroy their chemotherapy drug sales. She must now escape and release the cure to world while the company tries to stop her.
