Carefree playboy Jack Cole is framed for embezzlement, a crime that results in the death of his parents, and is sent to prison where he learns a variety of criminal skills. Upon his release, he is determined to exact revenge on the men who framed him. With the help of fellow ex-con Hector Ramirez, he pledges the destruction of The Syndicate, the real villains, against whom the law is powerless.

Jack and Hector find themselves in the middle of gang warfare when a local Chinese community battles the Syndicate. Jack Cole and Hector Intercede to prevent the ambush slaying of a Chinese-American youth gang. When some Chinese youths take the law into their hands and kidnap a mobster, the syndicate moves in, and so does Jack Cole.