In the future, genetic engineering has backfired and created a second human species that are almost identical to the mythological vampires. Increased speed, senses, and strength; along with a need for blood, renders these Hemophages outcasts in a nearly totalitarian world ran by Daxus (Nick Chinlund). Violet (Milla Jovovich) is a Hemophage fighting with a resistance group against Daxus and must steal a "cure" for the Hemophages that will actually kill them. When she discovers the "cure" is encased within a young boy (Cameron Bright), Violet embarks on a quest to save the boy from both Daxus and the other Hemophages. But will she discover Daxus’s terrible secret in time to save the boy and herself?