If you're in the city of Oakland and you're in trouble, you go see Maxine. She can offer a solution or, at the very least, a strong drink to help you forget your troubles. But on this one night, four locals - a DA, a family man, a college student and a young woman - find their problems impossible to escape. Over the course of the night, their lives will intersect with deadly consequences, but help could be just a phone call away.