sentences:  Towers returns to Melbourne, where a woman in whom he's become interested, Moira Davidson (Rachel Ward), Holmes's sister-in-law and Osborne's ex-wife, is waiting for him.As the people of Melbourne realize that the inevitable nuclear cloud will soon reach their location, their impending doom begins to unravel the social fabric; anarchy and chaos erupt.Some choose to live their final weeks recklessly in a deadly car race while others seek a more peaceful means to face the end of their lives.