Set in the near future, the film stars Richard Hatch as a director who becomes obsessed with a lifelike robot that replicates his girlfriend who killed herself nine years earlier.

Edwards is offered the chance to direct the story of Cello's life in a biopic being produced by LifeForm, a company which makes unintelligent, but utterly lifelike, "LifeDolls" of various celebrities.

The final effect is to create two completely disparate, and conflicting responses in the audience as they lose track of what is "real" (in the context of the film) and what is fiction.

[8] At the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Chloe Dykstra, Walter Koenig, Gigi Edgley, Adrian Stewart, Bryn Pryor and Sarah Goldberger appeared on a panel dedicated to Hatch's life and his final role, moderated by Taliesin Jaffe, which was the first public screening of finished footage from the film.

[9] The film is dedicated to the actor, with the legend "In Loving Memory of Our Good Friend Richard Hatch" appearing at the beginning of the end titles.