Victor Mancini (
Sam Rockwell) has got some problems -- when he's not haunting sexual-addiction meetings to bed women, he masquerades as a choking victim in restaurants to gather money from unsuspecting strangers for his ailing mother (
Anjelica Huston). But what happens when this messed up Colonial-era theme-park attendant finds Mrs. Right in the guise of his mother's doctor -- and how is he to tell her that he fears he is the next coming of Jesus Christ? Based on Chuck Palahniuk's (
Fight Club) pitch-black comedic novel, Choke is adapted and directed by
David Mamet alumni
Clark Gregg, whose career spans stage, screen, and TV work as well as a screenplay credit for
Robert Zemeckis's 2000 thriller
What Lies Beneath. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide