A Patriot Act

A young man in the wrong place at the wrong time doing the wrong thing falls into the covert operation of an overzealous anti-terrorist task force in this 21st century tale of big brother

Veiled in a back lit silhouette, his voice altered, a young man nervously tells his story: Tony is fond of his girlfriend, getting high, and playing on the internet. When he meets his friend Kaleam to buy a large block of hash, Tony unknowingly falls into a terrorist surveillance operation. Using listening devices and high tech tracking systems, the team taps into his cell phone and links to his electronic toll pass. Back home, Tony and Jessica indulge in their own private party. While they drink, smoke and pop pills, a covert extraction team prepares for a raid.
In a dank and grimy room, Tony wakes from a drug induced sleep to find himself the subject of an interrogation by unknown agents. Confused by their questions, Tony demands a lawyer, only to be told he’s not under arrest. As the interrogators become more and more aggressive in their tactics, the lines protecting civil liberties and human rights become blurred with the effort to protect the very same liberties and rights