The kind and gentle salesman Elliot Brand (Mark Webber) and the black girl Shelby (Rutina Wesley) fell in love. The two planned to enter the marriage palace, and at the same time, they were about to usher in the advent of a new life. In addition, he had to take care of his elderly father and his mentally retarded brother Mike (Devon Graye). He was originally financially tight and faced the fate of being laid off. This cruel reality made him troubled. Just one night, a strange phone call came in. The other party seemed to know everything about Elliot, and sincerely invited him to participate in the challenge called "Thousand Stars". As long as he could successfully pass 13 difficulties, he would have the opportunity to win a bonus of up to 6.2 million US dollars. Elliot tried the two challenges of catching flies and eating flies with doubts, but who knew that two sums of money were actually credited to his account one after another. However, as the bonus gradually escalated, the difficulty of the challenge became greater and greater, and Elliot, who came to his senses, could no longer extricate himself...