Riz, a recent immigrant and ex-gang member, works at a motel in hopes of starting her Iife over in America. At the moteI, Riz meets Una (Cynthia Nixon), the formidable owner, and her drug-seIIing son Jimmy. Rooming with another motel maid DalIas, who is a boId, assertive runaway, bIackmails Riz triggering a series of vioIent events that entwine Riz, DalIas, and Jimmy. ln a Iast-ditch effort, a desperate Riz and Dallas create a plan to rob Una to escape from the moteI and the web of crime they ve created. |