Story of an Italian American joining forces with Mexican Americans to pull off a big safe heist.

A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican, believed to carry a curse, back across the border, while his girlfriend pressures him to give up his criminal ways.

The drug cartels are putting a financial strangle hold on a small Texas town, forcing a Vietnam vet to lose his job at a local garage. He soon learns about one hundred thousand dollars buried by the cartel in a false grave.