Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.

A once-thriving family-owned tamale shop faces a struggle for survival when a restaurant tycoon launches a health food tamale store just down the street, putting their very existence at risk. In a race against time, they must unite to uncover their family's rich legacy, rekindling their passion to save the cherished tamale shop from the brink of closure.

When the LAPD fails to capture the killer of a beautiful foreign exchange student whose naked body was found brutalized and drenched in blood, the girl's enraged father enlists the aid of a close friend and former police detective to conduct his own investigation in a brutal murder mystery from director Rogelio Fojo. Upon arriving in Los Angeles to gather clues and catch the killer, seasoned detective Max finds his investigation quickly leading down a dark path of drugs, gang violence, and police corruption. There's much more to this murder than meets the eye though, and the closer Max gets to the truth, the greater the chance becomes that he will meet as grim a fate in this vicious city of murder and deceit.

It is a terrifying story of a young man who suffers from mental illnesses, the loss of his parents, and the lengths he would go to protect what is his.