In the middle of Alaska, travel agent Paul Barnell is near bankruptcy.
Desperate to help himself and his beloved, mentally-ill wife Margaret, Paul
discovers a dead body and passes it off as his missing brother Raymond,
whose life is insured for up to $1,000,000. Everybody is duped, except for
workaholic insurance investigator Ted Waters, who sets out to expose Paul,
in hopes of being promoted out of Alaska. Meanwhile, two rookie hit men,
Gary and Jimbo, discover Paul took 'their' body and kidnap Margaret,
demanding the body back. Then, Raymond turns up alive, wanting in on the
action...
A black comedy centered on Paul Barnell, a down on his luck Alaska travel
agent who's on the brink of bankruptcy and whose beloved wife, Margaret, is
on the brink of insanity. So what's a nice guy with good intentions but bad
business sense to do? The answer lies frozen in a dumpster outside of
Barnell Great Escapes-a dead body Paul hopes to pass off as his long-lost
brother Raymond and then collect on the life insurance. Unfortunately,
investigator Ted Watters who's anxious to transfer back to the lower 48
with his girlfriend, isn't about to let Barnell walk away with a million
bucks. Adding to Paul's avalanche of problems are two aspiring hit
men-turned-kidnappers and the stunning return of the supposedly dead
Raymond, who now has an ax to grind with his brother. Desperation is
running high in the "big white," and if Paul is smart, he'll blow the snow,
take the money and run...to South America.