It’s 2007 and the world is teetering on the edge of financial collapse. Max Stillman wants to end global hunger, but when he loses his research job in biotech, he takes to the road. He’s not sure what he's looking for, but the women he meets along the way, a youth he rescues from the streets of New York, his near death experience - they all add up to a life that's not exactly what he had in mind.