A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five-millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopotamia. 自上映之后鼹鼠人这部电影凭借其引人入胜的剧情和演员的精湛演技，受到众多观众追捧，一时间成了影迷圈常提及的话题。
