A young father takes his nine year old son, the family dog, and two of his son's friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all five of them to be struck by lightning.

从小就被绑架的詹姆斯，被养父母关在一个与世隔绝的地方，詹姆斯从小就只看过一个儿童电视剧，就是养父母给他拍的《布里斯比熊》。后来詹姆斯被解救出来，回到亲生父母的家里，他的生活也发生了翻天覆地的变化，经过一番波折，詹姆斯决定把念念不忘的、还没完结的《布里斯比熊》拍成电影……