The film is a modern-day film noir in which the sardonic, ginsoaked detective contends with an odd cast of characters while tailing a mysterious, middle-aged man traveling with a Mexican boy from Chicago to Los Angeles. John Rosow is a Chicago gumshoe whose skill for cracking a case often comes with a price| he has a penchant for getting in over his head, but he never loses his...。小儿子从城里回乡,看望瘫痪的母亲,不小心混淆母亲药物的具体抽屉,给母亲服用错误的药物,致使母亲死亡。由于母亲并没有当场发作,小儿子并不知道是自己害死了母亲,开始怀疑是大哥害死母亲,此时,大儿子的生母又找上门来,对去世的母亲恶语相向……。