In a city engulfed in darkness, a brilliant yet marginalized scientist named Peyton Westlake is dedicated to developing an innovative synthetic skin that could revolutionize medicine. However, his life takes a brutal turn when his work attracts the attention of a fearsome criminal gang seeking to steal his research. After a savage attack leaves him severely injured and disfigured, Peyton is presumed dead and finds himself in a dangerous limbo between life and death.
Resilient, Peyton survives and returns with a new purpose: revenge. With the help of his strange ability to create realistic masks from his own invention, he becomes a mysterious vigilante who operates under the cover of darkness. As he seeks to settle the score with those responsible for his suffering, he must grapple with his own transformation and the effects of a failed experiment that leave him with drastic emotional and physical changes.
As he delves deeper into a world of criminals and betrayals, he realizes his life is intertwined with that of his beloved, whose safety is also threatened by his alter ego. Caught between the struggle to regain his humanity and the thirst for vengeance that consumes him, Peyton faces a race against time to stop his enemies and reclaim what he has lost, thus exploring the boundaries of madness, love, and retribution. The darkness has never been so alluring.