A surreptitious smuggler gets solicited by the CIA to help cover-up the Nicaraguan blackmail attempt on the CIA, after the release of "Dark Alliance", by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Gary Webb.
When Hollywood icon Michael Madsen goes missing presumed dead, they call Rick Blaine (Tom Sizemore) to investigate. A Tarantino-style murder mystery that is, Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird.