Miguel, a middle-class young man living in
Mexico City, and Johnny, a glue sniffing skater whose mother is Miguel’s family house maid, have a secret relationship. They work together in illegal blood trafficking deals managed by their associate Gabriel. The film opens with Miguel and Johnny arguing outside of the latter’s
tank truck he lives out of, Johnny accuses Miguel of telling people they are sleeping together. They later have sex in the truck while Johnny’s girlfriend Adri is asleep near them, when Miguel leaves at night, he steals her clothes and throws them off a pedestrian bridge. Gabriel calls them to organize a quick job in the morning. When together, Gabriel tells Miguel privately that a blood bag turned in by Johnny tested positive for
hepatitis C and questions Miguel if he has it as well. Gabriel propositions Miguel about a job that would get him paid well if he recruits 50 people. Miguel brings up the hepatitis C result to Johnny, questioning who he’s slept with and his distrust of Adri, Johnny shuts him down annoyed. Miguel asks Johnny if he'd be okay dealing with drug traffickers to which he says he doesn't mind. Johnny suggests they could live together at the
jai alai court but Miguel turns him down, alluding to their class difference. Miguel courts 50 people, ranging from very young teens to the elderly, many who are friends and relatives of him and Johnny. David, the guy they will be selling to, intimidates everyone when he arrives with a large truck and armed men. The participants try to back out when they are told they will be transported in the truck to an unknown location but David and his men threaten them, Miguel nervously tries to get them to comply and asks David to wait while he and Johnny get water and snacks to calm them down, however, they come back to an empty lot realizing all the people have just been kidnapped. Miguel and Johnny skate around the city attempting to hunt down the truck but give up knowing they're long gone. They're unable to contact Gabriel so they show up to his job, when confronted he feigns ignorance and tells them to wait until his work day is over, but Miguel and Johnny sneak back inside the studio and batter him to death. Miguel and Johnny stay in a hotel room and question what to do with all the money. When Miguel is asleep, Johnny calls his mother, Brenda, to tell her he has enough money for them to be on their own, and sneaks out. Brenda doesn't trust him especially when Johnny doesn't tell her how he came up with the money. They stay at one of Brenda’s friends at an off-road restaurant outside the city, Johnny voices his disliking of the area as there is not space for him to skate, Brenda slaps him and he runs away. Miguel wakes up in a frenzy, calling his mother who tells him Brenda is gone too, she picks him up at the hotel, angry, and drives him to the airport having arranged him to fly off to
Texas and work with one of his dad's friends, he doesn't fight it but questions what would happen with Johnny amidst all this. Miguel feels depressed and alone, and finds solace skating and sniffing glue. The movie ends with Miguel imagining the two of them skating together in Texas. ==Cast==