Follows the story of Seconds Khumalo, a retiring boxer from the East Rand preparing for his final fight. Seconds is left to train under Jerry van Tonder, an ill-equipped 32 year old daddy's boy, whose father trained Seconds for years. After the family feels threatened that an unspoken contract might be broken, they are left with no choice but to end matters on their own terms.

When two corrupt police officers investigate the brutal murder of a young girl, tensions come to a head in their small, racially-segregated town.