Mladoporočenca Chris in Lisa se polna upov na svetlo prihodnost preselita v mirno hišico v kalifornijskem predmestju, kjer si nameravata ustvariti družino. Toda glede na to, da je Chris belec, Lisa pa črnka, gre njun medrasni zakon pošteno v nos njunemu sosedu, rasističnemu policistu Abelu Turnerju, ki je odločen, da bo njuno življenje spremenil v pekel in ju pregnal iz soseske. Abelove grožnje in podtikanja Chrisa in Liso tako razjezijo, da se odločita vrniti udarec, s tem pa se zapleteta v smrtonosno igro.
In California, the Caucasian Chris Mattson and his African-American wife Lisa Mattson move to a house in a gated community. The racist and dysfunctional next-door neighbor is the abusive LAPD Officer Abel Turner who feels uncomfortable with the relationship of the newcomers and transforms their lives into Hell on Earth.
