In a restless Toronto where the ordinary collides with the absurd, a strange agricultural experiment has turned a staple crop into a catalyst for chaos. Steroid‑tainted corn feed causes the city’s rat population to swell to the size of small dogs, and as night falls the oversized rodents begin spilling out of the shadows, turning everyday streets into potential hunting grounds. The looming inauguration of a new subway line adds a ticking undercurrent, hinting that the looming threat could spread far beyond the surface.
Paul Harris, a divorced high‑school teacher who doubles as the basketball coach for his students, finds his routine upended the moment the city’s quiet suburbs start to feel the tremor of massive gnashing claws. A man accustomed to guiding teens on the court, Paul is suddenly thrust into a role that demands quick thinking, leadership, and a willingness to confront a menace that defies logic. His everyday concerns—family, teaching, and the occasional misstep of teenage life—are swallowed by an urgent need to understand what’s happening and why.
Kelly Leonard, a pragmatic health‑department inspector, arrives as the official voice of municipal response. With a keen eye for the ways bureaucracy meets disaster, she quickly recognizes that the crisis is both a public‑health nightmare and a bureaucratic quagmire. Partnering with Dr. Louis Spenser, a university professor whose expertise on rodent behavior borders on obsession, the trio forms an unlikely alliance. Their dynamic blends Kelly’s procedural rigor, Louis’s scientific curiosity, and Paul’s street‑level instincts, creating a tense but hopeful front against a problem that seems to outgrow the city’s infrastructure.
Together, they navigate a Toronto that feels simultaneously familiar and alien, its neon‑lit avenues cloaked in a suspenseful, almost noir‑ish haze. The film’s tone balances gritty urban realism with a pulpy, almost comic‑book horror aesthetic, inviting viewers to wonder how far ordinary citizens will go when the very ground beneath them begins to crawl. As the city’s lights flicker and the night deepens, the stage is set for a race against an unseen, rapidly multiplying threat that could redefine what it means to feel safe in one’s own home.
