A former US DEA agent forced into early retirement moves to a tropical island in the Philippines to get over it all, only to find trouble follows him.

When the body of a friend of Detective Alamares washes up on a beach, Alex suspects international smugglers may be involved.

Alex goes undercover when he learns that a gang of mobsters are shaking down street food vendors.

When a TV crew exploring sunken WWII wrecks arrives at the resort, Alex's need for rent money ensnares him in an illicit dive operation.

When a typhoon hits the island, criminals and their hostages become trapped inside the police station; Alex must find a way to save his friends as well as a sworn enemy.

Alex, feeling competitive, races to solve a murder before a celebrated detective can find the killer; things take a turn when Alex realises the crime leads back to the murder of Kai's mother 15 years earlier.