Justin B. Tolley

Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."

貨物港でクレーンのオペレーターを勤めるレイ・フェリエは離婚して一人暮らししていた。離婚した妻がボストンの実家を訪ねる間、妻が引き取った子供、ロビーとレイチェルを預かったが彼らと打ち解けられずにいた。ある日の朝、稲妻が数十回も町の同じ場所に落ちると町中が停電し不気味な雲に覆われる中、レイは野次馬たちとともに落雷場所を見にいくと地中から巨大な機械が出現しレーザー光線で次々に人々を殺害し町を破壊してゆく。