Six American grad students have arrived in Africa to study apes with a renowned professor. But after setting up camp in a jungle clearing, they soon become witness to the carnage inflicted by the strange and remote species.

Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the virus has killed everyone there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.

Time flies straight like an arrow, winding like a road with no end. No one could have known the profound solitude of journeying through the passage of time, Or how time itself could wash away the meaning of their long odyssey. Yet, if their will has never been broken and their steps have never once faltered... At the journey's end, they will rediscover the very purpose that first set them on their way.

Neurotic stand-up comedian Jay (Matt Reeves) rethinks his whole existence based on a seemingly slight event. His friend Karl (Jud Charlton) is forced to suffer through hearing about it.