Chief of Police Wayne Merkle is about to begin his last day on the job before he and his new wife move to the city to start a new life. But the quiet day quickly transforms into a torrent of terror and death as the townspeople are viciously attacked by thousands of ravens, who are fierce, intelligent and deadly. Now it's up to Wayne, along with the town doctor and a military veteran, to save the remaining townspeople before the birds take over the town entirely.