Undercover cop Leon Courtney goes deep undercover in the volatile township of Soweto to infiltrate a criminal empire and crack a case of gold heists for the Johannesburg police. Becoming deeply empathetic with his subjects and increasingly doubtful of the ethicality of his mission, Leon finds himself torn between his loyalty to his superiors and his growing compassion for the people he was sent to spy on, ultimately leading him to unravel the truth that questions the very morality of his assignment.