Dave Wilson (Terence Stamp) is a tough English ex-con fresh out of prison who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. He quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con (Luis Guzman). His investigation has him encountering and confronting some of L.A.'s toughest drug criminals. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own. He learns that his daughter had been having an affair with a famous record producer, Terry Valentine (Peter Fonda) and that he is somehow tied to the drug and money laundering business. Wilson prepares to come face to face with Terry Valentine who is Wilson's ultimate target. The film ends with a final confrontation between Wilson and Valentine. - An ex-con goes to LA to find out who murdered his daughter.