A failed rock musician sells his soul to a sinister music producer — only to discover the hit songs making him famous are actually devilish rhymes designed to control humanity.

SYNOPSIS:

RHYMES OF THE DEVIL

ACT I: THE FALL

JAXON "JAX" KANE is a broken, alcoholic rock singer playing to empty dive bars and haunted by the overdose death of his childhood friend and bandmate, NATE. After a particularly humiliating night where he smashes his only guitar, Jax screams a desperate prayer into the void on a rain-slicked hilltop.

He is answered by LUCIEN BLACK—a sleek, unnervingly charismatic music producer who offers Jax everything he's ever wanted: fame, relevance, and a voice that will shake the world. In a moment of despair, Jax signs a contract he doesn't fully read. The price: his soul.

Lucien hands Jax a mysterious leather notebook filled with dark, hypnotic lyrics—The Rhymes of the Devil. Overnight, Jax’s life transforms. A song he writes from the book goes viral. He’s signed to a major label, given a state-of-the-art studio, and thrust into the spotlight. The music is powerful, raw, and addictive. But it feels alien, as if it’s writing him.

ACT II: THE FAME & THE CURSE

Jax becomes a global sensation, headlining arenas where fans scream lyrics they don't fully understand. But the success comes with a terrifying cost. Jax notices disturbing patterns: fans at his shows exhibit violent, trance-like behavior. Some collapse, others become dangerously obsessed. When two teenagers overdose while chanting his lyrics and are found with a photo of Jax and his dead friend Nate, Jax realizes his music is doing more than entertaining—it's corrupting.

His childhood friend EVA, now a woman of quiet faith, confronts him backstage, seeing the hollow, tormented man behind the rockstar facade. She warns him that something is spiritually wrong with his music. Lucien, always watching, subtly threatens Eva to keep her away.

Jax tries to break free. He attempts to write his own music, but Lucien’s supernatural influence violently stops him. When Jax flees to a desert gas station, Lucien finds him instantly, demonstrating that there is no running from their deal. The old cashier delivers a chilling warning: the only one Lucien fears is God.

ACT III: THE AWAKENING

Broken and suicidal in a luxury hotel, Jax hits rock bottom and utters a raw, desperate prayer for help. For the first time since his childhood, he feels a warmth—a presence. It’s a flicker of grace, and it’s enough to give him hope.

With Eva and his loyal drummer DREW, Jax seeks refuge with PASTOR MIKE, a rugged ex-addict who runs a humble outreach church. Mike recognizes the spiritual bondage immediately—Jax’s soul is anchored to Lucien through the physical notebook. The songs are spells, and Jax is their unwilling conduit. To be free, they must retrieve and destroy the book, breaking the contract on the same ground where it was signed.

ACT IV: THE RECKONING

Jax, Eva, Drew, and Pastor Mike confront Lucien in the label's basement studio, where the notebook is kept. Lucien sheds his human disguise, revealing the ancient, predatory entity beneath. He torments Jax with visions of Nate’s death and claims that destroying the book will kill Jax, as their souls are now bound.

In a climactic spiritual battle, Jax must confront his deepest wound—the guilt over Nate’s death that made him vulnerable to Lucien’s offer. Supported by Eva’s unwavering love, Drew’s loyalty, and Pastor Mike’s authority in prayer, Jax rejects the lie that he is powerless. He chooses faith over fear, grabs the burning notebook, and tears out its pages.

The contract shatters. Lucien is defeated, his power over Jax severed.

ACT V: THE REDEMPTION

Weeks later, Jax is free but scarred. He has walked away from the fame and fortune. In a small community park at sunset, he takes the stage again—this time with an acoustic guitar and a song he wrote himself. It’s a song not of control, but of surrender; not of despair, but of hard-won grace. As he sings for the simple joy of creation, surrounded by true friends, he is no longer a superstar, but finally, himself.

The final shot pulls back to show a man in the shadows watching, then walking away. Evil hasn't left the world, but it no longer owns Jaxon Kane.

RHYMES OF THE DEVIL