Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

After his precocious behavior has gotten him bounced out of one more in a string of exclusive private schools, 16-year old Sebastian Valmont has arrived in New York City to live with his father and stepmother. The cunning and handsome Sebastian may have met his match, however in his equally manipulative and beautiful stepsister Kathryn Merteuil.

When professors discover that an aimless janitor is also a math genius, a therapist helps the young man confront the demons that are holding him back.