Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel’s designer pooch disappears into the apartment’s floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a gunshot Rotweiler.

Carlos, a bank executive, begins his morning routine by taking his kids to school. As he starts the car he receives an anonymous phone call informing him that there’s a bomb under his seat. A stranger’s voice tells him that he only has a few hours to gather together a large amount of cash: if he doesn’t, his car will blow up.

A mass suicide involving members of a cult takes place in the Canary Islands. Gabriel’s younger sister, Cordelia, who he hasn’t seen for years, was one of the cult followers. Gabriel decides to travel there and find out what happened.