David, an ex-cop, had to leave the force because he knew too much about police corruption. .

He made many enemies on both sides of the law, but was forced to come back to L.A. after his son's murder

The police suspected a robbery, but David suspected Mario Blanco, a drug lord whom he had put behind bars for ten years.

David goes on a breathless hunt for Mario during which David's ex-wife is attacked, his daughter raped and his good friend, Don Alfonso, an ex-mobster himself, strangled for giving information on Mario's operations.