Intending to shoot a documentary about American life, middle-aged loser Dan (director Daniel Yost) is instantly kidnapped by a manic couple (Robert Blanche & Sarah Rosenberg) who demand that he documents their trip to the beach on video. Understandably terrified, Dan accepts their instruction and before long is in the back seat filming their every action, the footage of which constructs the film itself. Subjected to such humiliating yet side-splitting taunts as introducing his new found friends to his elderly mother (who he lives with), he remains loyal to his captors; even to the extent of lying to the police. Though firmly sidelined for any drinking and wrongdoing, Dan gradually becomes an essential mediator between the frequently turbulent couple.