Working in the shadow of his father an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson) brash Detective Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city's gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer's morbid game.