Its 1972, Cleveland, Ohio.  Russell Stevens Jr. grows up with his drug addicted father who tells him to never be like him.  He witnesses his father being shot and killed while robbing a liquor store. He swears that he will never end up like him.  In 1991, Stevens becomes a police officer. He is recruited by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Gerald Carver to go undercover on a major sting operation in Los Angeles, claiming that his criminal-like character traits will be more of a benefit undercover than they would serve him as a uniformed policeman. Stevens poses as drug dealer "John Hull" in order to infiltrate and work his way up the network of the west coast's largest drug importer, Anton Gallegos and his uncle Hector Gúzman, a South American politician. Stevens relocates to a cheap hotel in LA and begins dealing cocaine.    EDITING