Esteban Maceda is on the run. It's only a matter of days before FBI agent Gene Gere (Peter Coyote) releases an all-points bulletin. That's if Maceda's drug associates don't get to him first. As an innkeeper and a sheriff (Dennis Hopper) unknowingly harbor Maceda in a small town, his drug contacts and Gere close in on their man—leading to a volatile confrontation and explosive climax.