Scheming to prevent a cure for a disease that causes rapid aging so that his company's treatment drug will continue to rake in huge profits, pharmaceutical industry executive Ethan Grant (Nigel Bennett) may have met his match in mother to-be Ruth Hennessey (Polly Shannon). Fearing for her unborn child's welfare, Ruth takes it upon herself to find an antidote to the virus, setting her on a collision course with Grant in this sci-fi thriller.