The peace and quiet of a family home is shattered as a mysterious stranger breaks in during the dead of night. In the aftermath, a young woman is left imprisoned and fighting for her life, her captors intentions and motives unknown.
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.