Drummed out of his special ops squad on bogus charges, Jack “Mack” Mackenzie is having a difficult time adjusting to civilian life.
So far, he’s suffering the indignity of living with his sister, Abby, and has been fired from a series of low paying jobs due to his inability to fit in around regular people.
When Mack gets fired from his latest job as a cashier at Fatty Burger for telling a whiney kid one of his gory war stories, Abby convinces her brother to join the family on a trip to Wombat World, a Floridian theme park dedicated to America’s favorite furry cartoon marsupial.
Abby needs the trip to get her mind off of her impending divorce and her dissatisfaction at work. She’s also hoping to bond with her teenager – Paige, who speaks in hashtags and can’t stop posting everything she does on social media, and Dylan, a gangster rap aficionado who is convinced every thing that happens is a plot by “the Man.”
Meanwhile, “The Heretic,” the shadowy, anonymous leader of a doomsday cult known as “Day Zero” seeks to reset the calendar and cleanse the world by returning it to its natural state.
To that end, he’s stolen a top secret government formula known as “X48.” This virus was originally intended to create a new breed of indestructible soldier but alas, has only turned human test subjects into wild, maniacal brain chomping zombies thus far.
General Noah Merrick dispatches Phalanx Company, the squad Mack was drummed out of, to investigate.
Alas, the remaining members of Phalanx have more sinister intentions.
And much to Merrick’s dismay, the only thing that President Stugotz and Vice-President Pierce can agree on is that they’ll hang the general out to dry if the Heretic’s plans are successful.
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