Fresh out of retirement, Officer Donald Sands is saddled with training a rookie, Curtis Greene, and the new partners are given the mundane assignment of staking out a local tavern suspected of smuggling drugs. As the officers delve deeper into the investigation, their private affairs become entangled with criminal enterprises when one of them recognizes a familiar face connected to the drug ring. Throwing caution to the wind, Greene pushes forward on his own despite Sands' warnings, which triggers a deadly war that quickly becomes personal in this thrilling crime drama.