A Cuban ex convict finds himself on the shores of the United States after arriving with the Mariel Boat lift. For a time he wanderers through a series of dead end jobs living on the fringes of society .

Years pass and he settles in New York City . After a tumultuous fight with an ex girlfriend he would become one of the greatest mass murders in United States History...killing 87 people in under 3 minutes. All for the price of one U.S. dollar.