A foreign action film suffers from a massive stroke and begins to lose its recollection of image and sound. Its filmmaker and a resident film surgeon attempt to save it via invasive surgery. The narrative of the dying film is thus revealed through incisions and splices on the operating room table. The action flick's plot concerns the betrayal of a beastly assassin and his 'handler' by their recent employer, a corrupt politician seeking retribution against those who have kidnapped his beloved daughter. The characters and events of the film within the film are linked to the beats in the operating room and more importantly to the process of film making and the concept of memory (on celluloid and in the mind).