Hershel Goldstein, the average man working a below-average job is told he is dying of Cancer. As if that isn't enough, he also finds himself the suspect of a crime he didn't commit. While Hershel is fleeing from the police, we are taken back to 1967, where our old pal Mr. Craven is experimenting with a secret virus-implantation program that transforms the host bodies into large, metallic fighting machines.