The film is the true story of two young men, Wayne (Spragga Benz) and Bigs (Ky-Mani Marley), who grow up together in the tough and dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. As young boys, they begin a life of crime and move to the United States, where they continue their criminal activities, hustling on the streets of Miami. After Wayne is deported back to Jamaica, he continues his corrupt lifestyle as a top 'shotta' (Jamaican term for gangster) and he begins to extort money from local business people. A few years later, Bigs is deported and comes home to find Wayne living a life of drugs, women and constant violent crime. They quickly become a target in Jamaica, so they both head back to the US with some of their cronies to continue stealing, targeting drug dealers. The drug dealers soon decide to put up a strong resistance to the two shottas.