Tom Hanks stars in this fantasy drama that tells the story of four college friends and the imaginary world that slowly consumes them all. When Robbie Wheeling (Hanks) starts the new academic year at college, he quickly makes friends with Kate, Daniel and Jay Jay, three fellow students with one common interest - Mazes and Monsters. A game of magic, myth and mystical powers, the four players decide to take the roleplay into the real world but quickly find themselves drawn deeper into the gameplay until players and characters are barely distinguished from each other.