The young antihero is arrested, and theHome Office or Ministry of the Interior introduces a form of aversion therapy guaranteed to eliminate criminal propensities forever.
In Phoenix, Arizona, Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) has a bad day, losing his job and coming home to find his wife gone forever and the locks changed on his house.
The Bricklayer, whom he sees along with kaleidoscopic flashes resulting from a torn retina, is his link to his horrific memories and thehome that he left, and he is terrified that eye surgery will sever this connection forever.