An ancient monarch, damned to walk the earth alone, lives now in the present day. Obsessed with breaking the curse he crosses paths with a brilliant grad-student who is researching the curse. With the appearance of a mysterious stranger he becomes embroiled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with the man who placed the cursed on him 1,200 years earlier. The confrontation of these two ancient foes builds to an explosive and startling climax.