This film charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early
1980s in Little Odessa, selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood,
through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into
the early 90s, where he forms a business partnership with an African warlord
and his psychotic son. The film also charts his relationship through the
years with his younger brother, his marriage to a famous model, his
relentless pursuit by a determined federal agent and his inner demons that
sway between his drive for success and the immorality of what he does.