Malcolm Devlin is the lonely and superstitious son of a forgotten circus daredevil. After a run-in with some bullying locals in a remote northwoods town, Malcolm makes a desperate, magic wish which brings the legendary movie hero Rex Carson to life right off the silver screen

But real life isn't quite like the movies. When Malcolm and Rex start digging into the mysterious death of the town's favorite son and enter a treacherous mountain motorcycle race, things turn deadly, forcing Malcolm to step out of his father's shadow, and face up to who he really is.