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VIRTUAL FUTURE
While conducting virtual reality experiments for his doctoral thesis with his professor, Wayne Fowler (Bruce French), 26 year-old Jack Profit (Josh Brolin) makes a jump from Cyberspace into a real world that is a few minutes ahead in the future. When the college board cuts off the funds for Jack's project, Wayne contacts his billionaire friend, Bill Trenton (David Warner), founder of a leading research firm. Realizing the power and prestige that comes with such a discovery, Bill offers Jack a job at his firm, promising him a state-of-the-art laboratory, handsome salary and a new Range Rover.
Jack takes the job, but doesn't tell his wife Isabelle (Kelly Rowan) about the telemetry suit's capabilities. Before long, Bill has talked Jack into letting him take a leap into the future. While in the future, Bill sees a newspaper headline concerning a woman slain at an ATM. Back in the present, he arranges to save the woman from her would-be assailant - altering the future.
Even though Bill's intentions appear to be humanitarian, he actually plans to use the suit to help him win the Senatorial race. When he sneaks into the lab to use the telemetry suit, he sees himself being subpoenaed after losing the race. As he sees his political goals going up in smoke, he decides to take matters into his own hands.
In the meantime, while Jack works the kinks out of the suit, he takes another jump, this time leaping even further into the future. When Jack sees his own face bloodied, sinking into the murkey ocean depths, he realizes that something is going very wrong.
After Jack confides in Isabelle, the couple learn that the current Senator has mysteriously died. Jack and Isabelle are certain of his boss' guilt but must get the evidence back at the lab. Once there, Isabelle convinces Jack to take one last jump to view future events so they can organize a plan. Once there, Jack sees Bill about to murder him.
Back in the present, Bill and a security guard break into the lab. While Jack makes a run for it down the stairwell, Isabelle hides in the closet. Once out of the building, Jack races toward the edge of the pier with his boss hot on his heels. The two men confront each other at the end of the pier, and just as he prepares to fire a fatal shot at Jack, Isabelle, standing at the foot of the pier, fires the guards gun at Bill. As he stumbles off the pier, his bloodied face sinks into the murky ocean depths.
Directed by: Joseph L. Scanlan Written by: Shawn Alex Thompson
Starring: Josh Brolin, Kelly Rowan, David Warner and Bruce French