Based on true events, Below Zero is the story of Jack the Hack, a less than average, but once successful screenwriter who now faces writer's block. Desperate to meet a career-saving deadline and lock out the distractions of his troubled life, Jack arranges to be left alone and locked inside a meat cooler, with only vegetarian meals and his imagination to inspire him. As the temperate drops, the lines between reality and fiction blur, and Jack's script comes dangerously to life.