When colossal robots attack new york,"Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been exploring the current disappearance of prominent scientists. Missing men and suspecting a match up between the robot attacks that are international, Sky Captain and Polly decide to interact. They fly to the Himalayas Looking for this mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.