Set in the gritty, flamboyant landscape of 1970s Detroit, this stylish crime thriller based on Elmore Leonard's novel follows Skip (Christian Slater) and Robin (Breanne Racano), a pair of disillusioned ex-radicals who reunite to pull off a risky con. Targeting a gullible Hollywood producer (Crispin Glover), their plan involves a series of clever deceptions and homemade explosives. But when a shrewd detective (Billy Burke) starts piecing together their scheme, the plot descends into a tangled web of betrayals and explosive confrontations.