Michael Mann's gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think. Vincent Hanna is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless armed robber Patrick McLaren. After a botched heist, the two men confront each via a full scale battle on the seedy streets of Los Angeles.

A man named Max Willer finds himself walking through a desert wearing a tuxedo and carrying a manual typewriter. He has no idea how he got there, but he encounters a strange group of people in a town he's never heard of, Bonneville Arizona. He tries to figure out what is going on in this strange little town, and ultimately he discovers what the plan is and what his place is in it.