When a movie theater projector of a large theater chain breaks down, a surly theater manager refuses to give an old woman her refund because she cannot find her ticket stub. That's when Frank Rooney, an easy-going chemistry professor, rises up to take the manager - and corporate arrogance - by the throat. Frank gets himself arrested and his trial becomes the flashpoint for massive protests organized by TULP - Treat Us Like People - a nascent group of citizens frustrated by corporate indifference and consumer abuse. Max Rodriguez, an aimless but charismatic recent college grad, stumbles into...