In a misguided attempt to protect his friend from an extortionist, a man hijacks a blackmail scheme and puts himself and everyone he cares about in danger.
A man wakes trapped inside a cargo container with only a cell phone and is given 24 hours by his kidnappers to raise ten million dollars in ransom or die.
A drifter with a violent past comes to the city to kill somebody for money. On his way to do it, a young woman crashes into his life, giving him the choice - to continue on this path of self destruction or leave it all behind and start again.
O professor Jaime Escalante tenta educar uma classe de alunos problemáticos em um bairro pobre de Los Angeles. Para motivar os jovens, a maioria de ascendência mexicana como ele, o professor resolve apelar para sua própria herança cultural. Assim, ele evoca latino-americanos famosos por seus feitos para demonstrar a importância do aprendizado na conquista da cidadania. Paulatinamente, a maré vira a seu favor.