While waiting to join the LAPD, ex-soldier Jim Davis (Christian Bale, Batman Begins) has too much time on his hands. Tormented by the horrors of war, he convinces his best friend Mike (Freddy Rodriquez, Grindhouse) to relive their anarchic past. But Mike must deceive his girlfriend Sylvia (Eva Longoria, Desperate Housewives) to hang out with Jim and cruise the streets of South Los Angeles, a melting-pot of hard-drinking, drugs and gang warfare. Mike starts to find it increasingly difficult to deal with an on-the-edge Jim and together they spiral into an abyss of crime and violence that can lead to only one conclusion...