Louis is released on home detention after serving six years for his involvement in a botched heist. Trapped in suburbia, he fears he is now a sitting duck with his psychotic ex-boss, Prescott, on the hunt for the missing money, and the person responsible.

A few doors away lives Madeleine, a blind woman, once vibrant and outgoing, but now fearful even to step out the front door. As Madeleine takes her first steps to re-connect with the outside world, she meets her new neighbour. Though nervous around new people, and oblivious to Louis’ circumstances, a friendship develops.

A heat wave engulfs the neighbourhood, and things heat up between the two. But Madeleine soon finds herself caught up in Louis’ past, and in an impossible predicament: Bound, gagged and alone, while Prescott draws closer and closer...