summary:
In a troubled town, Sheriff Church and Detective Zeppelin strive to maintain order amid the shadows of crime and fear. Shelby John and Ruby Red dream of a fresh start, a life beyond the drug trade and the violence that grips their streets. With Ruby’s brother-in-law Peter standing beside them, they make a plan to build a fragile but hopeful future, a life away from the chains of the old life. Yet fate intervenes when Ruby dies on Shelby and Ruby’s porch, her last wish echoing through the night: to be baptized in the river and washed clean of a past that haunts them both. Grief hardens Shelby, turning his sorrow into a relentless pursuit of justice that can only be served by reordering the world around him. He vows to strike at every link in the drug network, chasing a reckoning through dust and danger until every crime is exposed and every score is settled. The path leads him to the feared crime lord known as Coyote, portrayed with threatening control by Quavo, a figure whose grip on the town feeds the cycle of violence. On his own, the Sheriff tracks Shelby’s moves, racing to prevent an all-out bloodbath that could erase the town’s fragile peace and leave behind a community torn apart by vendetta. This is a tale of loss, loyalty, and the cost of justice when lines blur between right and wrong, and every decision carries a consequence that stretches far beyond a single life. [Citation: Film notes] [Citation: Cast and crew interviews] [Citation: Production credits]