Isizathu esitsha sokuthetha ngomdlali weqonga osisiphelo esibuhlungu esishiye abagxeki baseHollywood mhlawumbi ngaphezulu kwemizuzu emibini bethe cwaka. Ubungqina obutsha bokusweleka kwakhe bufunyenwe, kwiminyaka engama-30 kamva kusekho uqikelelo malunga nokuba yayiyingozi, ukuzibulala okanye ukubulala. Nangona kunjalo, khange ayidinge ihlazo elinje ngemidlalo yakhe emikhulu njenge-Splendor kwiGrass, iBali laseNtshona kunye noMvukelo ngaphandle kwesizathu. Emva kokusenza silile njengoko sigwetyelwe ibali eliqaqambileyo lobuqaqawuli engceni, wazigxeka ngokuzithulisa, ngokungalibali, ngexesha lokuhamba ngenqanawa kwisikhephe esibizwa ngokuba yi-Splendor, kunye nomyeni wakhe uRobert Wagner kunye neqabane lakhe lefilimu uChristopher Walken.
URobert Wagner, owayetshate naye kabini, kubonakala ngathi, ngokomphathi wenqanawa, unobangela wokufa. Kuthiwa uWagner waba nomona ngo-Walken. UDennis Davern, ukapteni wenqanawa, uyavuma ukuba kwicala lakhe uxokile kwingxelo yakhe kwaye khange benze mzamo wokufumana umzimba.
Ayaziwa ngokuthe ngqo ukuba kutheni ebuyise umxholo kwakhona, kwaye ngeli xesha uWagner, njengoWalken, uhlala ekhuthele kumzi mveliso wefilimu ngaphandle kokuchaphazela umsebenzi wakhe nakancinci. Nangona, okwangoku, uWagner ugxothiwe ekubambeni kolu thotho Iingelosi zikaCharlie. U-Walken, kwelinye icala, usasebenza ngokupheleleyo kwaye ulinde ukuba iifilimu zakhe ezininzi zikhutshwe: I-Potsdamer Platz kunye nee-Psychoaths ezisixhenxe. Zombini ezinokubonakala ngo-2012 kunye nezaphulelo kwi Groupon. Kulo nyaka, nangona kunjalo, abalandeli bakhe ngekhe bakwazi ukukhalaza ngokubonakala kwakhe kwenye yeefilimu ezilindelweyo, Ihashe elimnyamaNgu-Todd Solondz.