His co-worker Jeff invites him to celebrate the night before his presentation to the company board, which he eventually accepts after a tense evening with his wife.

The two men visit club El Madrid where Frank briefly meets a homeless man bathing in the bathroom sink.

As Frank attempts to make sense of his situation and find his wallet, a family enters the house and calls the police on him, as he runs out the back door.

Frank makes it back to his house without any money by convincing a passing cab driver to take him home for a much larger fare.

Upon slamming a bedroom door to protect himself from an alarm clock thrown by Cheryl, Frank discovers he's been transported to his office, where he is greeted by Jeff and escorted to the board meeting.

Frank snaps back to reality inside the car with Jeff and Natalie as they are being shot at by Richie and his guard Lamont for stealing the drugs.

He then transports back to Richie's, where the homeless man from El Madrid shows up with $240,000 in cash from Frank's bank accounts and a new mortgage on his house.

Frank is transported to the previous day at work where he is asked to fill out paperwork for a $4M life insurance policy attached to his promotion.

The website's critics consensus reads: "Much like its addled protagonist, The Wave struggles to stay on target, but Justin Long's performance helps this pleasantly offbeat sci-fi fantasy find its way.