After a mysterious accident at a research camp on the Isle of Gran Manan, a CEO hires a team of blue-collar mercenaries to extract his daughter, a scientist working at the camp. Upon arrival, the team soon learns that not only is the island surrounded by a wormhole that causes time to reset every three days, but it's also crawling with hideous monsters. As they learn more about the nature of time, space, and the creatures on the island, they quickly realize that death may be the easiest way to escape the island.

吉田喜重的第二部导演作品，由其本人编剧。在电影开场时，职员木口高志用枪指着自己的头，请求公司停止裁员，而他则愿意以自己的生命为代价，以换取其他工友继续工作的机会。木口的自杀企图由于其友的干预并未成功，而这一事件也成了轰动一时的新闻。因为木口愿意牺牲自己以保全他人的行为，甚至有保险公司愿意雇佣木口来为公司做宣传。幸存下来的木口发现自己成为了媒体的焦点，而成了名人的他的命运也不再掌握在自己手中了.....

A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called upon to do extraordinary things, placing this tragic event within the larger context of nature, resilience, and the power of our shared humanity.

“盒子隐喻”是一个引人注目的反乌托邦之旅，不公正的监禁揭示了社会的一致性和反抗的深刻影响。这是关于打破隐喻的盒子和人类精神的韧性。