A wounded soul trapped in Purgatory is given a human body and 24 hours back on Earth to perform a mysterious, dangerous mission for a shadowy spirit, risking eternal damnation in order to save his Earthly son and the woman he's fallen for.

SYNOPSIS:

Leaving Purgatory for 24 hours on Earth, a soul known as the Stranger is given the body of Jack Hoyle, a shyster lawyer and victim of a car crash - it's part of a deal the Stranger makes with the demonic Veck, a biker demon from the Other-World. In exchange for a chance to live and breathe and feel again, the Stranger agrees to a simple but cryptic mission: retrieve a silver case and deposit it at a nearby shipyard. A small price for taste of life.

Jack Hoyle is near death arriving at the emergency room and his distraught wife, Abby, signs papers to pull the plug and have his organs harvested. Because their marriage was plagued by Jack's infidelity and addiction, she feels guilty for wishing Jack wouldn't survive. Abby is shocked the next morning when Jack wakes up jubilant, energetic, alive.

It's the soul of the Stranger inside Jack now and he's like a kid in a candy store - playing grab-ass with the nurses, guzzling whatever liquor he can find, gorging on ice cream and steak. Doctors are amazed by Jack's miraculous recovery. Abby is embarrassed - maybe head trauma from the accident has caused his personality to split. She is scared, confused, dreading the future with this "new" Jack, and yet...

She can't deny his newfound charisma is compelling. Kissing Jack, there's a connection she’d never felt before. Abby

wonders if this might turn the corner in their crumbling marriage. But the dream is short-lived - as doctors tell Abby they want to keep Jack for further testing, he escapes the hospital. He's got a mission to do.

Feeling sunlight on his skin, inhaling fresh ocean air, Jack embraces his freedom as he sets out on the mission. But the clock is ticking, so Jack steals a car and, finding the target silver case at a sealed-off crime scene, he assaults a police officer to make his getaway. He's in trouble right out of the gate.

What Jack doesn't know is that inside the silver case is a gun used in a crime and when he sneaks it inside a black bag at a shipyard locker, he discovers the troubling result: the bag belongs to the Stranger's now grown-up son, Tom Younger, who unknowingly takes the bag (and gun) to his job repairing ships at a Naval facility. As the sun rises and the Stranger/Jack's 24 hours are up, he witnesses Younger being arrested for sneaking a weapon onto a military base. Jack begs Veck for more time to do what he can to help his son.

We will learn that Jack is trapped in a cosmic struggle between Heaven and Hell, a cold war gone underground with soul- swapping emissaries like Jack shaping events through small acts that have huge implications (a la' the Butterfly Effect). Veck has set up Jack - he knows that Jack will bargain for more time on Earth by doing increasingly dangerous missions so he might save his son.

Jack eventually figures out that his mission is a pivotal step in a

global plan to create a "Hell on Earth" and the last piece involves him killing a political figure who is Veck’s remaining obstacle. Following through with this murder would be certain eternal damnation for the Stranger's soul. But as Younger faces an even greater threat and Abby is now in Veck's crosshairs, Jack/Stranger accepts the trade-off: his soul in exchange for the safety of Younger and Abby.

In a climactic struggle with Veck and a horde of his ghostly emissaries, Jack takes a bullet meant for the political figure. Watching the plan crumble, Veck knows he must face a vengeful boss. And as Jack watches his final sunset, he gives Abby a tearful goodbye - but all is not lost. In his final act, Jack has set up Abby and his daughter Jess with a safety net of hidden money. And he's provided Abby with an interesting investor lead: a young man who designs and builds boats, Tom Younger. The last shot is Abby meeting Younger - we're sure there will be a future for both.

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