基诺博士是一个出色的遗传学专家，他正研究着一个秘密的政府项目。他的未婚妻抛弃了他，因为怀疑他的精子没有生育能力。基诺博士该如何解决他的中年危机呢？他把爬行动物和人类的基因相结合，研究出自己的儿子。但他随后发现自己的“儿子”长出有鳞片的皮肤，而且脾气暴躁得难以控制，甚至已经伤害到了邻居的性命。这个博士父亲该如何取舍？

If you were a brilliant geneticist, working on a secret government genetic engineering project, and your fiancee dumped you because your sperm were not viable, what would you do to resolve your mid-life crisis? Dr. Gino Conti creates his own son by combining reptilian and human DNA, but discovers fatherhood an extraordinary challenge when his son's anger management issues include eating people.