In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the seductive and powerful Terl (John Travolta), the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. After humanity has all but given up any hope of freeing themselves from alien oppression, a young man named Jonnie “Goodboy” Tyler (Barry Pepper) decides to leave his desolate home high in the mountains to discover the truth, only to be captured and enslaved. It is then that he decides to fight back, leading his fellow men in one final struggle for freedom.