Lupe, an innocent young Mexican woman in LA, works two jobs to support her terminally-ill mother when she meets Benny, a handsome but troubled young man who draws her into a scheme to solve their money problems.
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an elaborate revenge against them.