The Art of Pain

Slacker Jack works a chump job at the movie theater with his pal Nick, a sci-fi geek and his aspiring actress girlfriend, Sharon. He used to be a pretty good painter, but there isn't much inspiration in this zombie-like existence. All of that is about to change. Enter Marcus, a sociopath ninja-wannabe with something to prove. Fueled by disgust for Jack's apathy, Marcus decides to teach a brutal lesson. Great art comes from great pain! What follows is a hilarious, twisted tale of seduction, murder, and maiming that only a ninja can inflict. Now painting in a frenzy, Jack must fight for his art and also for his life.

An uninspired painter discovers that great pain yields great art when a disgruntled ninja decides to teach him a hard lesson in following your dreams. Jack works in a movie theater with his girlfriend Sharon and buddy Nick. When he was younger, Jack was a promising artist. Like many starving artists, however, the once-promising painter ultimately decided to lay down his brush and seek out steady employment. This doesn't sit well with Marcus. Marcus is training to be a ninja. He detests Jack for allowing his apathy to overshadow his ambition, and he's determined to jar him out of the self-defeating cycle of self-pity. His method of doing so: extreme violence. Once Jack starts fighting for his life, maybe he'll realize that his art is worth fighting for, too.