Zia (Patrick Fugit)|distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend|decides to end it all. Unfortunately|he discovers there is no real ending|only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one|just a bit worse. Discovering that his ex-girlfriend has also "offed" herself|he sets out on a road trip|with his Russian rocker friend|to find her. Their journey takes them through an absurd purgatory where they discover that being dead doesn't mean you have to stop living.