 When sociopath Fred Frenger (Alec Baldwin) gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, Florida, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student/prostitute Susie Waggoner. Opposing Frenger is Sgt Hoke Moseley (Fred Ward), a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, especially since the job of cop in 1980 s Miami is getting crazier all the time.