After spending decades making blockbusters, the filmmaker behind 'Better Luck Tomorrow' looks inward with his captivating drama based on the true story of missionary John Allen Chau.

When director Justin Lin's new indie feature "Last Days," about 25-year-old missionary John Chau who was killed when he made contact with an isolated tribe, ran into financial woes, the filmmaker (also known for blockbusters in franchises like "Fast and Furious" and "Star Trek") fortuitously got a call from Keanu Reeves.

The 'Fast & Furious' franchise helmer's new film relates the true-life tale of a young man who met his doom while attempting to convert an isolated tribe.

You've seen it so often, you might roll your eyes, but in "Last Days," it really happens: American missionary John Allen Chau might have died as he approached North Sentinel Island, had the Bible in his breast pocket not absorbed the blow of a hostile Sentinelese arrow.

Director Justin Lin was last at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002 with his breakout indie teen crime drama, Better Luck Tomorrow. 23 years later he is back with yet another indie project, Last Days and clearly hoping to rekindle the fire that got him attention in the first place.