Following a 10-year stint in prison, a hustler returns to his tough New Orleans neighborhood to reclaim the streets from a pair of crack dealers. After discovering that the mayor"s daughter is trapped inside their hideout, he must square off against them--as well as the police seeking to rescue her.

Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.