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Los Angeles, sometime in the mid-1990s. One of LAPD's finest is conked on the head with a Chihuahua, and is then shot and killed. A pot-smoking beat cop, Chester Burnett, decides that this is his shot at a promotion to Detective. He arrests a young heroin addict and aspiring rock star called Christian, who moved from the Midwest either to find fame and fortune in LA or to become a mad poet. After two years of obscurity, he has resorted to ripping off drug dealers by calling the cops during drug deals and taking the profit. Chester suspects the hoaxes and puts pressure on Christian, who knows the identity of the cop killing gang member. When Chester and Christian become friends, neither of them can know that a violent, racist cop, Officer White, is secretly formulating his own master plan. This gritty and witty black comedy/thriller offers a cynical look at the darker side of L.A. life.

Los Angeles, sometime in the mid-1990s. One of LAPD's finest is conked on the head with a Chihuahua, and is then shot and killed. A pot-smoking beat cop, Chester Burnett, decides that this is his shot at a promotion to Detective. He arrests a young heroin addict and aspiring rock star called Christian, who moved from the Midwest either to find fame and fortune in LA or to become a mad poet. After two years of obscurity, he has resorted to ripping off drug dealers by calling the cops during drug deals and taking the profit. Chester suspects the hoaxes and puts pressure on Christian, who knows the identity of the cop killing gang member. When Chester and Christian become friends, neither of them can know that a violent, racist cop, Officer White, is secretly formulating his own master plan. This gritty and witty black comedy/thriller offers a cynical look at the darker side of L.A. life.

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