Exiled somewhere in the dusty landscape of suburban Los Angeles, John Link, a rough-and-tumble former inmate and now a struggling tattoo artist to stay sober witnesses life almost His order is turned upside down, when he receives a desperate phone call from his distant daughter, Lydia. Fleeing a ruthless Mexican drug cartel, John and Lydia must navigate a dangerous world of fragile loyalties and ruthless people, as they seek refuge in a hospitable city. Can the grizzly father save his teenage daughter from this nightmare?