Imagine having a remote control that can control your life.

You can
1. When your boss gives you a bad deal, pause it, gave him 2 punches, and then continue.
2. When your wife asks you what song is playing in the background during your first kiss 10 years ago, pause it, rewind to 10 yrs ago, listen to the music, come back to the present, gives her the answer and have hot sex afterwards.
3. You going to have a bad argument with your wife, fast forward it to after the argument

Etc, etc.

Sounds cool? That's what Michael Newman found when he tried to find a universal remote control for the various devices in his place.

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Michael Newman is an hardworking and talented architect who has an ass of a boss. The problem with Michael is that he tend to put his work in front of his family. He'll cancel the camping trip they have been planning for months because his boss needs him on a project in the last minute.

When he got the remote, it really help him out a lot. He got extra brownie points with his wife for "remembering" the song playing in the background during their 1st kiss. While negotiating with Japanese, when they talk among themselves at a distance, he up their volume and change the language to English to eavesdrop on them and find out what they really want, thus winning him the big deal that put him in line for promotion.

And that's the turning point of his life. After announcing his promotion to his family, his boss told him that he's not getting the promotion until the deal is complete, which is at least 3 months away. As they had made plans to make use of his increase in salary, they have to be cancelled. He can't bear to face the disappointment of his family and fast forward his life to after his promotion. And it's actually 1 year away. During this 1 year, though he got his promotion, he neglected his family.

And worse, the remote control picks up on his use of it and auto forward when similar situation occurs. So when he's having sex with his wife, it's fast forward. When he's boss tells him he's in line for another promotion, it fast forward as well. And there's no override.

So he become a very successful man. But he missed seeing his dog died. Missed watching his children grow up, though they grew up to fine young people. His wife divorce him and remarry. He even missed the death of his father. When he tried to rewind to his funeral, he can't even do it because he was not there. When he goes back to the last time he saw his father, he didn't even look at him when his dad came to talk to him. He was, as usual, busy working.

One thing that he did not miss is his son's wedding. Unfortunately, he burst an artery then. When he woke up in intensive care, his son told him he's flying the next morning, not for his honeymoon. He postponed his honeymoon as an important deal came along and he has to oversee it.

Having seen his life wasted due to him putting his work ahead of his family, he can't bear to see his son follow his footstep. He rushes out to hospital to tell his son to put his family 1st in his dieing breath.

This is a meaningful story to tell us to treasure our family. Quite a nice story line, though his life is mostly ruined because he fast forward to his promotion, and the remote control goes auto. He realize his mistakes early, but he can't do anything but to watch his life gone to waste.

But this being a comedy, do not end in such a somber mood of course. The next scene is where he wakes up to find that it's all a dream. Sounds crappy right?
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