An Elmore Leonard-style L.A.noir set in the culthroat arena of the movie businesss,featuring the most eclectic cast of dynaimc ,dangerous charaeters sinec Pulp Fiction.
Drop-dead-gorgeous Ronnie Deal in an up-and-comer at Velocity Pictures whose enviable,fast-paced Hollywood lifestyle takes a major detour after areally bad day at the office.Fuming at the Tiki Shack Bar over a rival's latest affempt to derail her career,Ronnie intervenes on behalf of a female patron who's being beatin unmercifully by an angry thug,unaware that Antsy Carruth as stolen twenty-five grand from her drug mule exboyfrend and that hired enforcer Neon Polk has been sent by the boiyfriend's supplier to get the money back.Ronnie batters Polk unconscious with a beer bottle,Antsy takes a poowder,and Polk,humiliated and blinded by rage,suddenly has a niw,all-encompassing mission in life:seeking revenge on Ronnie Deal.
But people in the movie business don't call Ronnie"Raw Deal"for nothing,and Polk won's have his revenge without paying for it dearly.Enter Ellis Langford,ex-con and aspiring screenwriter.Langford has an angry ex-wife,a child he hasn't.
