BEAT DESTINY SYNOP

BEAT DESTINY
SYNOPSIS
Beat Destiny can be best described as Big Brother meets Back to the Future. It is a
comedy, with a hint of Science Fiction.
The story follows a time in the life of a boxer, called Rico Chico Emeka. His ultimate
ambition is to become a middle weight boxing champion.
The opening scene begins with Rico fighting a match that could take him to the highest
levels of his career. Due to his arrogance, Rico loses the fight and his life, from this point,
appears to lack stability and direction.
This position is worsened by the fact that his live in girlfriend (and Financial Supporter),
Rebecca, is cheating on him and he hasn’t got the courage to leave her. He doesn’t want
to be alone, dwelling on impossible dream.
He meets a mystical Old Man who promises to give a winning Lottery Ticket, on the
unusual condition that he parts ways with his girlfriend, Rebecca. He accepts this offer, at
first reluctantly, and breaks it off with Rebecca.
To Rico’s surprise he wins the Lottery, with the above stated ticket. With his winnings
from the ticket, he spends money on the good things in life and, at first appears to forget
about Rebecca. He acquires a new partner and shares his wealth with his friends. Rico
even pays for a rematch of the fight we saw in the opening scene.
But Rebecca has not forgotten about him, and teams up with a man named Ferguson, who
seeks revenge against Rico for humiliating him, to try and win back Rico’s heart. Her
intention is to get married to him, divorce him and acquire a substantial divorce
settlement.
Rico gets caught in her trap and begins to fall, despite the promise he has made, for her
again. Throughout the film we, from time to time, see the Old Man in a dark room talking
about Rico’s and Rebecca to unknown people.
In the night of the rematch, The Old Man kidnaps Rebecca in order to ensure that she
does not fulfil her plans.
Rico manages to rescue Rebecca and defeats the Old Man. When defeated, the Old Man
disappears and Rico and Rebecca are reunited and are deeper in love. Surprisingly,
Rebecca also seems to have fallen for Rico.
There appears to be a lesson, from this reunion, that’ true love conquers all.

However, the story is not finished there. The Old Man reappears in a television game
show, in the future, called Beat Destiny. The aim of the show is for contestants to go back
in time and change a time in their past for the better.
We discover the Old Man is Rico in the future and his mission ( which he failed) was to
go back in time and prevent his past- self from getting married to Rebecca. This we find
out is because Rebecca ruined his life by destroying his career and taking away his
children.
The story ends with us seeing Rico, via a television screen, of the past, losing all his
wealth. We also see future Rico begging for a second chance at the futuristic game show.
There is however one more twist; we discover that Rebecca is the next contestant on Beat
Destiny.