Post Hurricane Katrina New Orleans – a place seething with extreme violence fueled by a crime wave gone out of control. Brutal Mexican drug lord Santiago Rodriguez busts out of jail with the help of his uncle, the head of the Catalina Cartel. But his escape is not for free. Its price is $15 million – the money that his beautiful girlfriend hid after he was arrested – and it won't be easy getting it back because of Thorn (DMX), a legendary hit man out for revenge.