20世纪80年代初,霹雳可卡因泛滥成灾,像海啸一样席卷了美国的市中心贫民区,所到之处满目疮痍。几十年之后,人们仍然能够深切地感受到这场灾难对人民生活、家庭和社区造成的破坏性影响。《快克年代:可卡因、贪腐与阴谋》不仅审视了毒品对个人造成的破坏,还探讨了这场危机的神秘起源,以及由此导致的黑人和棕色人种不断被边缘化的问题,他们深受美国监狱和医保系统所困。。Father Ananda, an ex-cop Buddhist monk investigates a murder after a homeless youth is murdered in the grounds of his monastery. With the help of an orphaned boy named Jak, Ananda travels the canals of the city to unravel the clues and catch the killer.。