The neighbourhood troublemaker and a police officer on his first day on duty, reluctantly team up in order to escape Port-of-Spain during the first day of the 1990 attempted coup. They trip over each other’s personalities as they stumble to escape the chaos filled streets of the capital.

Trapped in a life that has been decided for him by his father, Jeffrey, an accountant at a large oil company, hides his passion for calypso music. His dead grandfather, a calypso icon of the 1950’s, transforms him through a box of old clothes and records. With new-found charisma, Jeffrey breaks free, defying race and class boundaries and winning the heart of an edgy, carefree girl named Kala.

Bartholomew, a retired civil servant, takes a leisurely drive downtown, where Shanice, mistakes his car for a taxi. After much resistance, he agrees to take her to her destination. Along the way, they encounter a wide diversity of Trinidadian characters.