Jimmy has had enough of living on the edge and is intent on going straight. However, when a major insurance scam backfires in the US he is persuaded to follow Marvin, his boss and mentor, to Cambodia. There he falls in love with the beautiful Sophie who offers him a new beginning in Laos. But when Marvin's severed foot is sent to Jimmy as a grim warning, events spiral out of control. He finds himself sucked into a vortex of greed, corruption and dangerous mind games set against a sweltering, tropical landscape.