The battle for the future of the banlieue normally takes human form in Mali-French teenager Noumouke (Bakary Diombera), torn amongst his older brothers. At a frequent ol’ convenience shop in a normal ol’ Nevadan city on a typical ol’ Christmas Eve, anything very irregular happens: A troubled younger man (Luke Grimes) searching for his father pulls a gun and usually takes five hostages. It’s just a missing kid, person.