在外闯荡多年的里瓦带着野心和魅力回到了家乡Kinshasa。这里正闹汽油饥荒，而里瓦同他的伙伴设法搞到了一大笔，发大财的机会就在眼前，然而他们并不是唯一看上这笔生意的人。 整个故事都发生在能源越来越枯竭的现代……里瓦（帕夏•贝饰）是一个习惯于做一些能够赚点快钱的小买卖的生意人，这是他离家10多年之后，第一次返回位于金沙萨的家乡小镇，而他这次的目的只有一个，那就是利用偷来的汽油发一笔横财。身上带着大量的现金，里瓦惟一想做的事情就是找乐子打发时间，很快，他就在夜总会结识了美丽的尤物诺拉（曼妮•马隆饰），她是当地的一个黑帮头头的情妇，两个人一下子就沉迷在了偷情的快乐当中。卷入到了这场混乱当中的，还有里瓦的前老板、一个安哥拉罪犯，他正因为自己刚刚装船的汽油被偷而感到万分地恼火，发誓一定要追回这笔价值连城的货物，而且要让那个胆敢在他的眼皮子底下搞小动作的人付出终生难忘的惨痛代价。
Riva is an operator, a man with charm and ambition in equal measure. Kinshasa is an inviting place. With petrol in short supply in DRC's capital, he and his sidekick pursue a plot to get hold of a secret cache - barrels of fuel they can sell for a huge profit. Of course they're not the only ones who want the stuff. Cesar is a ruthless, sharply dressed foreigner thriving in Kinshasa's lawless streets. A female military officer joins the fray. Even the church will betray its tenets for a piece of the action. But Riva's main nemesis is Azor, a crime boss in the classic style: big, decadent and brutal. He's not a man to mess with, but his girlfriend, Nora, may just be the most seductive woman in all of DRC. Riva catches sight of her dancing at a nightclub and it's not long before Nora matches the fuel cache as a coveted object of his lust.
