The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain s self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

The film begins in November 20, 1969, 50 miles off Soviet waters. When the USS Acushnet dives under the ice, a young Ahab listens for enemy subs when suddenly he detects an unkown target. When the captain listens, he hears nothing, but Ahab insists in the presence of an emptiness. The target dives into a trench, but the captain abandons his search in favor of photographing the target. The target attacks the submarine as Ahab hears a roar. The sub is brought to the icy surface, and the target identifies itself as a gigantic, white, Sperm Whale-like whale. Ahab survives, but loses his leg to the beast when it hauls the other half of the sub back underwater....

That infamous whale is bigger, badder and a whole lot stronger in this sci-fi reimagining of Herman Melville s classic tale of the battle between man, sea and sea creature starring Xena alum Ren e O Connor as the (traditionally male) narrator.