An aspiring film-maker becomes convinced that his father, a corporate tycoon, was murdered by his uncle, who has since taken over the business and married his mother. Feigning madness, he hatches a plot to avenge his father's death. Contemporary update of Shakespeare's tragedy, with Ethan Hawke and Kyle MacLachlan.

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.