As famine and death ravage Richmond, VA, five northern Civil War POWs plan a daring escape by hijacking a hot air balloon. Drifting through the night, they wake to find themselves marooned on a desert island, but they're not alone. Littered with wreckage, the island is home to a cast of survivors who have been lost in space and time. Forced to defend themselves against vicious pirates, terrifying creatures and a volcano that's ready to blow, they...

Escaping from a Confederate prison by balloon, the survivors land on an uncharted island in the Pacific. The island is home to carnivorous monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and the mad genius Captain Nemo, who inhabits the island for his own strange ends.