A grieving former filmmaker finds purpose again when he hijacks a failing porn shoot into a low-budget action movie, rallying a dysfunctional crew of adult film misfits to make something real — all while racing a one-week deadline and the wrath of a dangerous strip club queen financier.

SYNOPSIS:

Sebastian “Bash” Cooper was once an aspiring filmmaker — now, he’s a dead-eyed caseworker at the State Office, emotionally shut down after the sudden death of his teenage son and filmmaking partner. His days are filled with bureaucratic misery and grief-fueled outbursts... until a chance encounter with his old friend Scott drags him back into a world he thought he’d left behind.

Scott is desperate. He’s taken money from Glamor — a ruthless strip club queen — to make a porno that’s falling apart faster than his sanity. His crew is an unpredictable circus: a sound girl with no filter, a diva porn legend, a cursed grip with PTSD, a hopeless intern with a crush, and a self-proclaimed Kubrick disciple who can’t coil cable. The production is on fire (sometimes literally), and Glamor’s goons want results.

Bash reluctantly steps in — not to make porn, but to make pulp. With nothing left to lose and only one week to rewrite, reshoot, and reimagine the disaster, Bash transforms the adult film into a gritty, grindhouse-style crime movie called POUNDCAKE. As the ragtag team rallies behind his vision, Bash begins to rediscover purpose, creativity, and the family he didn’t know he still had.

But Glamor’s patience is running out, the crew is unraveling, and a one-night-only 4-walled premiere is their only shot at redemption. What started as a doomed porno becomes a heartfelt underdog story about grief, passion, absurdity, and the belief that you don’t wait for permission — you just make the damn movie.

POUNDCAKE