Four short films set against the backdrop of the 1992 Los Angeles riots in protest against the Rodney King verdict. An Asian family's traditional values are challenged, a young Hispanic couple are drawn into the mayhem, a police officer receives an urgent message and a man visits his mother just as her neighbourhood is plunged into violence. Drama, starring Luke Perry and Mario Van Peebles.

In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.