Following the devastation caused by an earthquake in their home village in Armenia, a father and his son make their way to the San Francisco Bay Area. Andre, who is angry and resentful because of his father's tangled affair, rapidly becomes engaged with a bunch of aggressive jewel thieves lead by Cyrus, who was Andre's father's adversary when they were children. The only way out of this mess is via vengeance, and there is no hope for repentance.