MACHINE MAN: GENESIS Imagine. a new lease on life? When 46 year old John Smith, a simple semi-recklossive artist living in NYC, falls victim to an experimental covert government project, his world dramatically changed. With his cancer riddled body renewed, but his mind in turmoil, he sets out to answer the many troublesome questions presented. However, falling in love with a beautiful young woman, and eventually accepting his situation, Smith tries to put his past behind, and live a simple and normal existence. But an evil and sadistic government with plans of total world domination have different plans for him and his newly found extra-ordinary abilities.