At dawn, Kelsey Akioka hikes out onto the Kalapana lava fields with a camera in hand and 80 lbs of gear on his back. We observe his methodical photography process amid one of nature’s most beautiful and chaotic events. Under the shade of a pop-up tent, he sells these photos at a small makeshift marketplace to apathetic tourists. By the end of the day, Kelsey returns home, exhausted and worn, to his son and elderly father. When he learns his friend is sacrificing his passion and moving away from home to pursue a better life for his family, Kelsey begins to question his own choices. As his frustrations spill into his home life, Kelsey must confront the turmoil stirring within him.
Matt King, casado y padre de dos niñas, se ve obligado a replantearse la vida cuando su mujer sufre un terrible accidente que la deja en coma. Intenta torpemente recomponer la relación con sus problemáticas hijas -la precoz Scottie, de 10 años, y la rebelde Alexandra, de 17- al tiempo que se enfrenta a la difícil decisión de vender las propiedades de la familia. Herederos de la realeza hawaiana y de los misioneros, los King poseen en Hawai tierras vírgenes de un valor incalculable.
Cuando el astronauta Patrick Ross regresa del primer viaje tripulado a Marte, una misión de la que sus tripulantes volvieron a la Tierra convertidos en héroes, descubre que allí fue infectado con el ADN de una especie alienígena.
