 Val, who has just escaped from a mental institution, awakens in a bathtub full of blood and ice to find that a prostitute has stolen his kidney. A drug-hazed pursuit ensues as he wanders through the realms of sanity, determined to find his kidney before it s sold on the black market.When he finally encounters the prostitute she seduces him and he reluctantly joins her in a hallucinatory journey from the inner-city streets to the countryside to the depths of despair.. and murder.