A young, British man, with dreams of a better life, comes to Los Angeles. It is not "Beverly Hills, 90210". During his first few hours in L.A., he is robbed and beaten. Injured, he seeks help from a beautiful, Latin girl who owns a beauty shop. With the urging of her aunt, she reluctantly takes him home to her family in East L. A. There he meets her gang member brother. After an evening in the hood, the Latin girl and another of her brothers, attempt to take our young Brit to a hotel. En route, they spot the young gang member in a parking lot with some of his friends. When the drug deal goes bad, a gun fight breaks out. The gang member brother is shot. The girl needs to get help for her dying brother.