Tensions quickly escalate between sisters Charlene and Gwen while Charlene's son Quincy befriends the neighborhood hustler and becomes immersed in the city's gritty lifestyle and street dance called Jookin.

A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems to be impenetrable.