A widowed father invites his adult children to his house on his birthday and offers them fifty thousand dollars to participate in a series of backyard sports. But not all is as it seems.

After a homeless ex-filmmaker witnesses a kidnapping, he comes to believe that he is trapped in a horror movie filmed by the city's CCTV, where the only way to survive is to stay on camera - no matter what.

In the rough and tumble of 1980s Melbourne, the Passenger must navigate a conflict with seasoned underworld figure Heath Cox. What starts out as a simple objective alongside his mentor, the Driver, quickly spirals into a bizarre, hilarious and hair-raising series of events that lead the Passenger into a crossroads in his burgeoning criminal career.