Biopic sobre Bob Marley dirigido por Reinaldo Marcus Green (El método Williams) . Un tributo a la que ha sido la mayor leyenda del reggae y que falleció con tan solo 36 años, a causa de un cáncer de piel, en 1981.
Reggae music is featured in this romantic thriller set in Jamaica. Stoney (Giancarlo Esposito), a photojournalist, is assigned by a U.S. music magazine to cover a battle of the bands in Jamaica. There he becomes involved with the seductive Blossom (Jasmine Guy) who works for Mr. Lee (Lucien Chen), a crime boss. Lee is planning to rob the concert box office. Blossom tries to convince Stoney to help her steal the money from Lee and escape to another island paradise. Interspersed amongst the action are many clips of the reggae bands as they musically battle it out.
Joey Breaker is a fast-talking, ambitious, workaholic agent representing actors, screenwriters, and comedians for the New York firm of Morgan Creative. He is callous and intolerant, but when he unexpectedly falls in love, he begins to see that he has been missing much of what is important in life. His demeanor mellows and he learns to be more tolerant of others. Suddenly, he is faced with a difficult choice when his girlfriend graduates from nursing school and returns to Jamaica.
La vida es fácil en el Caribe, pero es dura para el jefe de policía Xavier Quinn. Apodado "El poderoso Quinn" por los sarcásticos isleños y con su mujer reprochándole que no se ocupa lo suficiente de su familia, se ve arrojado a la acción cuando Maubee, su amigo de la infancia, es acusado de asesinato.