Small Time building contractor John deals life is unraveling faster than a film wheel spinning off a projector. His wife Jane is still recovering from the fire that swept through their home two years ago is so depressed from her recent surgery that she needs hospitalization. Matters take a turn for the tragic when deals best friend Barbara Cooper takes her own life, or does she? Unconvinced that Barbara's death is a suicide, deal begins an investigation that pulls them into the Vortex of a schema ruthless Chinese gangsters looking to make a killing in the p**** movie industry. They have their sites set on Barber sister, page nobleman, a beautiful actress they want in the worst way. With the gangsters closing in on them in time running out, deals only chance is to give a one-time only star performance. There can be no mistakes. These killers hate retakes.