 Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She s jailed for murder by the infamous Ramparts Division of the LAPD. Kool wants to prove her innocence, and Tully, the cynical detective in charge, ignores LaShawna s case but uses Kool to break up an incipient crime operation. She s in danger because the guilty parties fear that the officer talked before he died. While in jail awaiting a hearing and legal help, she s beaten to death by a rogue cop. Kool vows revenge: the Hot Boyz are born.