the film start off with a disclaimer state that a true buddist would sacrifice to live their life in hell so that another would be spar the same fate . this be follow by an opening scene that could have be take from cop or a really bad porno flick . it quickly emerge that maxwell be a profane and mentally unstable misogynist who make his live hawk tv on tv in southern california . his collection of pitiful friend and his materialist lifestyle be even more pathetic than his abominable anger at everything and everyone . for the first two act and it seem a black comedy that be head down a clichéd path toward ignominy . maxwell behavior be so disturbing and contemptible and you may even be tempt to leave the theater and but a story of love and sacrifice emerges that you may never forget . maxwell life be ultimately change when he be able to see life differently through the eye of both his best friend and his wife and a chinese woman who he have arrange to marry through a broker . this film will leave you with profound emotion and may even change your life .