Army Major Ruben Medrano was once pat of an elite anti-kidnapping task force until an unfortunate incident during an operation got him suspended and sent back to Manila. There he tries to renew ties with his daughter Marissa, who has been living with his dead wife's sister Mariel. Marissa refuses her father because of all his shortcomings in the past. Nevertheless, Ruben decides to remain in the area. He soon discovers the presence of drug pushers and decides to do something about them. The drug lord who controls these pushers hires a hit-man, Carlos, to hunt down Ruben for meddling in his affairs. Soon the small community turns into a war-zone as Ruben tries to defend himself and those close to him from these gangsters' attacks.