: After a near-fatal hit-and-run, Dylan recovers at a superhuman rate, an event he attributes to the stone.
: Breen's characters are invariably brilliant, misunderstood savants who possess knowledge and abilities far beyond ordinary mortals. In Fateful Findings , Dylan hacks into the most secure networks on Earth while simultaneously writing acclaimed novels. He is, in Breen's telling, a renaissance man of staggering capability.
of his childhood sweetheart, Leah, who returns to him in a hospital. Fateful Findings - 2013 - Neil Breen
Describing the plot of Fateful Findings is a challenge, because the film operates on a logic that is entirely its own. The following summary represents a good-faith attempt to synthesize what occurs, but viewers should be warned: coherence is not Breen's priority.
The film then jumps to the present day, where a middle-aged Dylan is dealing with a severe drug addiction—portrayed primarily by him staring intensely at his computer screen and staring into space—resulting from a "fateful" car accident that occurred years prior, killing his wife. The plot meanders between disjointed vignettes involving: : After a near-fatal hit-and-run, Dylan recovers at
“I don’t keep secrets… I keep them in my laptop.” – Neil Breen, prophet of our time.
"Fateful Findings" is a film that defies easy categorization. Written, directed, produced by, and starring the enigmatic Neil Breen, this movie is a true one-man show. On the surface, it's a drama about a scientist who discovers a cure for cancer, but as the story unfolds, it becomes clear that Breen's vision is much more ambitious. He is, in Breen's telling, a renaissance man
Dylan reunites with his long-lost girlfriend while his current relationship with a drug-addicted partner deteriorates. Techno-Thriller:
The film’s political message, such as it is, appears to be that governments and corporations are fundamentally corrupt. A corporate CEO confesses: “Money, payoffs, and greed, were always the priority, of my company, like many companies. I’m afraid of going to prison. They now know, my crimes.” Dylan eventually holds a press conference in Washington D.C. where corporate and political leaders—none of whom have been specifically implicated in anything—commit mass suicide out of shame.
: Breen treats his audience to multiple scenes in which his character removes his shirt in what he apparently imagines is sexual seduction, revealing what one critic called "a hairless, bird-like chest" that Breen seems to believe will send women into fits of erotic ecstasy. The sex scenes, one critic wrote, feel "like they were ghost-written by a 10-year-old boy who has yet to be given the 'facts of life' speech".