When the ground is shaking beneath you, watch out for the dead rising towards you. A young British woman, Alex, finishes work for the day in the busy metropolis of Tokyo, shortly after a major earthquake everyone is still on edge. Away from home and unsure how to deal with the situation she rushes back to her apartment to check the news and decide what to do. However as things unfold it appears that tremors aren't the only thing she has to fear, reports on TV suggest that crazed random attacks and a killer virus are spreading, the situation definitely seems to be getting worse.