Michael Michaelessi

Two old friends, one severely down on his luck, reunite to attempt a get-rich quick scheme that goes, predictably awry. Hard-luck Paul, recently out of a job and rudely dumped by his girlfriend, has to sell his car in order to pay his rent. Lying around in a depressed fog, he is contacted out of the blue by an old friend, Freddie, a mysterious man ineptly obsessed with all things Asian. He has come to town to conduct some kind of quasi-legal business transaction he is convinced will leave him wealthy. As Paul learns more about the scheme, he becomes inexorably involved until he has to put everything on the line.

In the late 70s, the controversial Sensei Toby Masterson amassed a cult-like following from a series of VHS martial arts lessons, in which he alludes to a very sought-after technique. Twenty years later, two dedicated and self-taught students drag along their friend in search of Lesson 100 aka The Punch of Respect.