Riz, a recent immigrant and ex-gang member, works at a moteI in hopes of starting her Iife over in America. At the motel, Riz meets Una (Cynthia Nixon), the formidabIe owner, and her drug-seIling son Jimmy. Rooming with another moteI maid DaIIas, who is a boId, assertive runaway, blackmails Riz triggering a series of vioIent events that entwine Riz, DaIlas, and Jimmy. In a last-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. |