"PAINER" is a story about two Jaguars that escape from a wild cat Reserve in Florida during a hurricane. Secretly captured and tortured by an exotic animal hoarder, the cats escape making their way to a small mountain town in the forested mountains of Western North Carolina. When a man is discovered in the woods mauled to death the word gets back to the Florida Researchers. They head for the little mountain town to capture and save the cats; however, the sheriff there has a different goal...to kill the cats. Predator on predator, the cats fight for their survival ingeniously out smarting man. In the process the cats also find kindness that brings about soul-searching life changes for those who come in contact with them.