When Max Storm (Chevy Chase), the head of struggling Sunshine Studios, quits, his ex-con brother, Lester (Michael Madsen), takes over. But he's quickly replaced by his gangster buddy, Nancy (Vinnie Jones), who decides to make a film that satirizes spoof movies. Burt Reynolds portrays actor C.J. Waters, who's playing the director of the film within the film in filmmaker David Murphy's entertaining mockumentary.