Shot Caller

Criminal Jacob "Money" Harlon is released from prison, and he immediately meets the gang leader Frank "Shotgun" for a transaction of a great number of AK-15 and Glock smuggled from Afghanistan by the former soldier Howie. Then he visits his parole office Kutcher. Jacob recalls his previous life, when he was a successful family man stockbroker happily married to Kate Harlon with a child. One night, they go to a bar with their friends Tom and Jennifer to celebrate the possibility of Jacob winning a new account. While driving home under the influence, Jacob accidentally runs a red light and Tom dies in the accident. Jacob is sentenced to jail and on his first night incarcerated, he sees a fellow inmate being raped. He feels that his only chance is being aggressive and his attitude calls the attention of the leader Bottles, in the beginning of the criminal career. Along the way, his climbing in the crime and his motives are disclosed.